Why does steinbeck use the second person “you” in recounting the physical effects of combat?

Steinbeck switches to the second person in 'Why Soldier's Won't Talk' when he catalogs the responses of the soldier's he talked to about the effects of combat to make the experience more real, personal and authentic to the reader. He does this in the 'Grapes of Wrath' as well.

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so the story tells of someone named kaushik choudhuri, but he does not narrate the story, a girl named hema does. hema tells the story in a second person point of view because you (the reader) are supposed to be the boy named kaushik.

here's an excerpt i found: "i was ushered into the fitting room, your mother watching approvingly as i took off my coat and sweater and tried on the bra."

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