Mae In John Steinbeck's The Grapes Of Wrath

In the excerpt from John Steinbeck’s The Grapes Of Wrath, the waitress, Mae, interacts with the other characters to reveal her complex attitude toward the man and his boys and signals an evolution in her character. The evolution of Mae’s character, as well as attitude, is described by diction and detail throughout this excerpt.

First, Mae’s character evolves as she carries a conversation on with the man wanting to buy bread as shown by diction in the story. In the first section, the man politely asked for bread, but then she rudely replies by saying ‘“This ain't a grocery store. We got bread to make san’widges.”’. Throughout the bread conversation she grows to be less rude toward the man. He offers to pay for the bread with what little manley he has even though it's not the full amount. Henceforward, this shows a change in character.
Steinbeck describes how Mae “shrugged her plump shoulders” as to show her attitude toward the man. This body language shows her evolving because it shows her change in how much she cares. Since Al says to give it to the man, she cares less as if not wanting to start an argument. This too shows change in her