Question

Read the following excerpt from an intercalary chapter from a novel about a young girl growing up during the Great Depression: This poor man's pie is a great substitute for shepherd's pie. If you don't have ground beef, use mashed beans. Layer in a pan with any vegetable scraps. Top with potatoes that have been cubed, boiled, and mashed (add milk and butter if possible). Bake in the oven. By including this intercalary chapter, what effect is the author most likely attempting to achieve?

Answer 1

Answer:

The author wants to break from the narrative flow of the girl's story to give readers an authentic sense of life during the Depression.

Explanation:

An interim chapter has the objective of joining two frames that circulate along different paths, but that in the end these frames meet and form a single plot. As is the case of the story of the "poor man's pie" presented in the passage that is enshrined in the plot of the story of the young girl who grew up during the Great Depression

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The author decided to add this paragraph so that readers have a perception of what life was like during the Great Depression and how they had to create ways to replace goods that were scarce or in small quantities.

Answer 2

I suppose he's trying to display a flexibility in the impoverished in how they go about their less fortunate lives as they adjust to them. Hope this helped.