Greeted
This is the correct answer to give the sentence a positive connotation
In a 1939 letter, John Steinbeck wrote that his goal for The Grapes of Wrath was “to rip a reader's nerves to rags.” Through the novel, Steinbeck wanted readers to experience the life of the Dust Bowl migrants with whom he had spent time.
It symbolizes people spending money on stuff online, making companies grow and gain more money, People become addicted to shopping online and wasting money. They are supporting companies.
Much of the book can be taken as an exaggeration, or just misremembering it. If it had been written as it had happened, then it might have been much more accurate to the events that took place.