I'll tell ya one thing -- the jail house is jus' a kind a way a drivin' a guy slowly nuts. See? An' they go nuts, an' you see 'em an' hear 'em, an' pretty soon you don' know if you're nuts or not. When they get to screamin' in the night sometimes you think it's you doin' the screamin'--an' sometimes it is.
In John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," the experience of being in jail is depicted as a slow descent into madness, where the confines of prison play tricks on the mind. The narrator reflects on how the oppressive atmosphere can drive individuals to the brink, causing uncertainty about one's own sanity. This blurring of reality and perception reveals the profound psychological impact of incarceration, affecting not just the inmates but also...
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