Have you ever wanted to use humility to accomplish something or anything. Well, one man from The Grapes of Wrath provided the perfect example. In the excerpt from The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, there is a man who needs to buy ten cents worth of bread, but Mae, a waitress who works at the restaurant, does not want to sell the bread because he needs it. To further understand the book, John Steinbeck wrote it to describe how socialism and communism could benefit migrant farm workers in California. I believe the man's constant tone of humility influences Mae's behavior towards him and his two children from selfishness to sympathy. At the beginning of the passage, the man and his children arrive at the diner with "curious humility." This kind of humility means a strange and inexplicable way of humility. When the man arrives at the restaurant he asks Mae, "Could you see how to sell us a loaf of bread, ma'am?" The man clearly just wants a loaf of bread. Mae responds, “This is not a grocery store. We have bread to make san'widges." Mae's behavior towards them is as rude as if she knows it...