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Characters That Come And Go In Cannery Row By John Steinbeck

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Characters that come and go can be found throughout Cannery Row, written by John Steinbeck. Was this done by coincidence or was there a specific reason why Steinbeck introduced characters and by the end of a chapter ended their role in the story? Chapter 26 in particular, there was two new characters introduced into Cannery Row that had no immediate or evident impact unless investigated deeper than an initial glance. John Steinbeck purposely introduced new characters into Chapter 26 and others to affect the stories meaning, inspire thought, and influence story advancement. In Chapter 26 readers are introduced to Joey and Willard, two young boys that are playing in the boat work yards until a cat climbed a fence. They gave chase to the cat
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