Write a literary analysis essay about an intercalary chapter of The Grapes of Wrath. Your essay should examine how the structure and language support the overall purpose, and it should include specific examples from the text to support your claim. Your essay should include the following elements:
A claim that takes a clear stand on the author's purpose, supported by main points Evidence from the text that supports your claim and main points
Commentary that helps the reader understand how your evidence should be interpreted An introduction, body, and conclusion that organize the content of your essay

With crack on crack of thunder, zeus let fly a bolt against the ship, a direct hit, so that she bucked, in reeking fumes of sulphur, and all the men were flung into the sea. they came up 'round the wreck, bobbing a while like petrels on the waves. no more seafaring homeward for these, no sweet day of return; the god had turned his face from them. –the odyssey, homer read the passage. then, identify the theme that is supported by the passage. most ships cannot survive a terrible thunderstorm. the ocean is an angry beast that will tame any who try to control it. the gods have the power to control human destiny. men are willing to die to eat the delicious cattle of the gods.