The flood

The flood by John Steinbeck is a immensely descriptive piece of work, which contains interesting patterns of speech, and has a solemn tone.
The flood is the most descriptive piece of John Steinbeck's work I have read so far. It is amazing how he turns every little object into a serving of description, emotions, senses, and interest. This piece of literature revolves around torrential down pour which has caused a flood. The flood has caused many people to suffer and loose work causing starvation and misery. The flood is a terrible thing and causes complete misery for the people, yet it is interesting how Steinbeck writes in such a way which forms a mellow tone. The tone of the story is very calm, as though someone was just reading out what they have seen in a picture. Another unique part to his writing in this story is the fact that a lot of slang is used, as if he is the actual people suffering from the flood. There are sections in his writing where there is dialogue between two people, yet he doesn't use quotation marks which strikes me as odd. Over all i think this is an amazing descriptive piece, and John Steinbeck continues to intrigue me; with this little unique features in his writing.