Mimicking the writing style of John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck has a unique style of writing that he uses in his novels. He loves to use plentiful details to help fully express his ideas. In the Grapes of Wrath, Steinbeck enjoys using repetition to assist him in emphasizing the desperate times of the Joad's, as well as other families, during the Great Depression.
The sun shot a beam of light at a speed of 299,792,458 meters per second which, despite the bars and colored glass, burst through the walls, unleashing its energy upon an unsuspecting scholar; another, an arcane beam never ceasing, forever blasting heat, timeless, waiting to burn its prey.
This sentence demonstrates John Steinbeck's love for detailed run-on sentences, as well as metaphors and personification.
But within this burning energy is a light. A light that illuminates the entire room, guiding you and allowing you to see. A light that, when shot through these windows creates a spectacular pattern of color and rectangles that makes you stop and stare. A light that lets you read and love the wonderful books cluttering the library shelves.
This sentence demonstrates Steinbeck's use of repetition, sentence fragments, and second person point of view to bring the reader into the story.
This sentence demonstrates John Steinbeck's love for detailed run-on sentences, as well as metaphors and personification.
But within this burning energy is a light. A light that illuminates the entire room, guiding you and allowing you to see. A light that, when shot through these windows creates a spectacular pattern of color and rectangles that makes you stop and stare. A light that lets you read and love the wonderful books cluttering the library shelves.
This sentence demonstrates Steinbeck's use of repetition, sentence fragments, and second person point of view to bring the reader into the story.