"Times are changing, mister, don't you know? Can't make a
living on the land unless you've got two, five, ten thousand
acres and a tractor. Crop land isn't for little guys like us any
more. You don't kick up a howl because you can't make
Fords, or because you're not the telephone company. Well,
crops are like that now. Nothing to do about it. You try to
get three dollars a day someplace. That's the only way."
By including this intercalary chapter, what effect is Steinbeck most likely
attempting to achieve?​