This book took place in Monterey. This book is about a real-life street in Monterey. This street is one of America's most talked about streets. This story is about the events that took place in that town and street one week. It’s during the aftermath of the depression.

A major character in the story is Dora. She has orange hair and always wears green evening dresses. Dora owns a place called the Bear Flag Restaurant. It is a whore house. Dora gives money to the Chamber of Commerce, Red Cross, Boy Scouts, Community Chest, and Police Department, so she can keep her illegal business open. Another character is an old Chinese man. Some think he is a God and some think he is death and comes to get the dead at night. All the people of Cannery Row are scared of him except for a ten year old boy named Andy. Andy was there visiting family and didn't know all the rumors of him. Andy would watch the old Chinese man come in and out of the water each night. One night he decided to approach the old man. The old Chinese man talked to the little boy for about two hours and then returned to the water. No one ever heard what they talked about. There was something strange abo

ut him, he had one brown eye and one green eye. Then there is Mack and the boys. Mack is the main leader of his group. He is a drunk and lives in an old vacant building. Your typical bum. He conned the building from the town grocer. Eddie is an understudy bartender. He fills in at the local bars when needed. Every time he works he steals alcohol for “the boys.” He lives with Mack. Next is Hazel, who was named after his mother's sister. He is also a poor drunk. Hazel helps the Doc of the town because he loves to help with the animals. Guy is a mechanic. This character was married but he left his wife to live with Mack, because he was tired of being tied down. Most of these guys like to beg off of all the towns people. They are the town drunks and bums. Doc owns and operates the Western Biological Laboratory. He studies all types of animals. He helps out Mack and the boys a lot. Mack and the boys tend to take advantage of Doc because he has a lot of money. Doc pities them so he usually helps them out. Sometimes Doc gives the boys jobs to do. For example, he tells them to collect animals and he pays them. Doc is very careful that the boys don't outsmart him. There is a young boy named Frankie. He is only eleven and he was looking for work on Cannery Row, so Doc hired him. His family is very poor, and Frankie wanted to help out. He was very slow, they didn't want him in the schools. He became very interested in the work Doc did. Frankie began helping Doc everyday. Soon Doc began loving the child and allowed him to live with him. Lee Chong owns the town grocery store. Mack and the boys are always trying too ge

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