... Steinbeck states, "then it was that Mr. Malloy looks to renting the larger pipes as sleeping quarters(48). Some people living on Cannery Row live is pipes as homes. By people living in pipes and boiler shows the suffering of the Great Depression. Steinbeck included strange vignettes ... was high. Steinbeck uses the characters to symbolize the suicides of the Great Depression. Jobs were also scarce because of the economic crash. In Cannery row, the character Joey described his father killing himself. Steinbeck states,"He committed- he killed himself ...'What he do it for? 'He couldn...

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... owns the local grocery store which with all the stuff he has in stock can fill almost any need. Lee Chong had all one could wish for living on cannery row. Then there's Mac and the boys, after striking a deal with Lee Chong they now live in the Palace Flophouse. While Mac and the boys could make ... Henri, a man that loves building his boat yet hates the water. These characters encompass most of the main players in Cannery Row. And what happens to them is even more amazing. There are many sub-plots in Cannery Row, but the main plot is obviously the most important. It all starts off very s...

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... can be influenced, thereby shaping the outcome ! of their life whether for the better or the worse, by circumstances over which they have limited knowledge or control. For example in Cannery Row an enemy that Steinbeck attacks is a destructive force, one which manipulates people into acting a certain way to attain a sense of security by disregarding feelings for others (French 120). By analyzing ... ...

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... the major influences. World War 2 was when he was working for the federal government as a writer, so his works focused on greed and materialism in the beings of modern civilization, Cannery Row and The Wayward Bus are two good examples of this idea. (www2.sjsu.edu/steinbeck/) During the 1940 Steinbeck faltured both proffessionaly and personaly. He divorced his wife Carol in ... ...

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