I believe the answer is B!
Answer:
C) It personifies Death
Explanation:
From this summary of <em>The Pardoner's tale </em>from Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, it is narrated that three young men are drinking together in a tavern when they hear that Death who has been killing thousands of people in a plague has taken the life of one of their friends. They decide to live for one another and work together.
It is accurate to say that this summary is filled with irony because it personifies Death.
Death here is described as a killer who has killed thousands and claiming the life of one of their friend.
Recall that personification is giving human attributes to an inanimate object.
I would say that Steinbeck was trying to highlight how important it is to work towards solutions to social problems which will positively impact not just YOU or YOUR family, but the greater good. A lot of the symbols in the book have far reaching, metaphoric allusions - like the flood, or the parallels between the Joads and the Israelites - that support that whole Bible-esque "we're in this together, so we'd better do the right thing" theme. There are lots of others that come to mind, but I think you can sum it up with saying that the book has a very obvious and strong social message.
That's of course purely from a philosophical point. From a practical point, he may have been trying to simply bring attention to the plight of the real "Okies" which was largely undocumented at that time.
Whatever the case, It makes for a very interesting narrative even if it has been proven not to be historically authentic in too many ways. I think you can easily infer that Steinbeck meant for it to be taken very literally and "read in to".
Answer:
TYSM CAN I PLZ HAVE BRAINLIST :D HEHE
Explanation:
