Had Lydia Greg been used an eye witness who answered when/where/how/why/who/what about the bus crash, the article would be considered the story as a headline news. With using the Five Ws would provide the details that the audience would know and same goes for the journalists.
The diction of Steinbeck here in apparently describing the dustbowl conditions of the Dirty Thirties is speaking of "tenant men" or presumably men who were tenant farmers perhaps who were allowed to live on the land in return for working it and that they "scuffed" their way home indicates that the dust was so thick they had to scuff but also perhaps that since they could barely make a living under the poor agricultural conditions they did not walk confidently but scuffed.
<span>Annie´s parents seems to be sad and cheery at the same time and ii could be said that she acts the same way. however, she may be relief of her departure. At one point, her mother suggests her to get married after going away; idea that Annie refuses immediately.</span>
