In chapter twenty-one, Steinbeck introduces a logical argument, which, through rhetorical strategies such as word choice, tone, foreshadowing, and ethos, he was able to enhance the hostile emotions that were accumulated by the migrants and poor farmers and foreshadow that the oppression of them would be the downfall of the industry. The word choice chapter twenty-one provided, was a very important aspect to the overall meaning Steinbeck was trying to convey. In the opening of the chapter the Okies were traveling in search of jobs. Steinbeck's phrases in these descriptions include, “highways were streams of people” and “they scampered about, looking for work.”
Everyone’s role in society varies depending on their profession and their community. In Steinbeck’s Cannery Row, each member brings their own value to their ecosystem. Doc Ricketts, the marine biologist., is one of the many people who showcases another side to Cannery Row and the other members of the system. Doc Ricketts is perceived differently in a general society where he would be seen the complete opposite from Steinbeck’s view of Doc being perfect.
Cannery Row is a book written by John Steinbeck in 1945. Cannery Row showcases a small town in the great depression where the sense of community comes in all forms and sizes. The town of Cannery Row is found in Monetary, California where the sardine business thrives. There is a major blending of characters in this novel. From a mix of genders to social classes, and levels of education to economic statuses everyone at the end of the day comes together as a community.
The poison/ dark parts in the book Cannery Row makes the novel a deep commentary on human society. It shows that, in the real world, these type of things and happen; Steinbeck does not sugarcoat human society. The poison in the creampuff acts to balance and anchor the rest of the novel to a more realistic world. The poison keeps the novel from being much like a fairytale where they live happily ever after at the end. It gives the novel a more realism and it is also use to balance some of the comical parts of the novel.
Andy’s experience is one of unusual circumstances. Living up to his title of a “brave and beautiful boy”, this leading character chooses to tease the one man in town that all fear: the Chinaman. Through the author’s utilization of point of view, the reader can perceive the uniqueness of the Chinaman two very distinct ways: either through the view of the townspeople or Andy, himself. However, it is through Andy, and the author’s detailed depiction of this specific incident, that we as readers can look deep into the eyes of the Chinaman. This strange visual symbolism provided in this passage of Cannery Row is what guides us into the lonely, isolated soul that is the Chinaman’s life.
Through the many stories in Cannery Row involving Mack and the boys, Steinbeck is able to portray Mack and the boys in different ways. Depending on the story and the reader’s interpretation, Mack and the boys can be viewed as a lazy or troublesome group of men or misunderstood misfits with good intentions. One can argue that Mack and the boys’ actions throughout Cannery Row are actions of those who are troublesome. Specifically at the start of Cannery Row, when readers are introduced to Mack. He comes into Lee Chong’s grocery store, and suddenly Lee Chong “stiffened” (9).
Cannery Row is a novel more about the characters than the plot. In Cannery Row these characters have needs and desires that we uncover as we get to know them better. These characters desires are found when they are set alone in nature which is when they have time to be with themselves. John Steinbeck says that the nature of human desire may be shown as a need or want depending on the values and morals of the specific human. His commentary influences our understanding of the Californian Imagination by showing us the needs and wants of humans during a specific time.
The theme of the novel is about the quality of human life being dependent upon good intentions and heart. The novel celebrates every type of person, while showing their flaws and their good nature. As Steinback says, Cannery Row is a town filled with “whores, pimps, gamblers, and sons of bitches” (5) and through another point of view the inhabitants could be seen as “Saints and angels and martyrs and holy men” (5). The people of the town are lower-class citizens and have unconventional jobs, and they are in the midst of a great national recession. However, they are still kind-hearted, grateful, and understanding.
John Steinbeck, an American author, published in 1945 a novel by the name of Cannery Row. The location of this story is in Monterey, California. The book tells about the lives of the people living a street which is lined with sardine canneries back during the Great Depression. The people this story revolves around are a local grocer Lee Chong, a marine biologist Doc and Mac the leader of a group of derelicts. As you can tell by the title of the novel the street is known by the name of Cannery Row.
The setting in a story might be often overlooked, but in most cases the place where the action takes occurs, can be as important as the main characters. In the book Cannery Row by John Steinbeck this happens, the place, the town becomes important throughout the whole book, it can even be argued to be the main character. Similarly, in Dinaw Mengestu’s essay Home At Last, he describes Brooklyn as the closest home for immigrants, becoming the common thing in all the community. Both texts are highly influenced by their setting, with a different one, they would lose their meaning and main idea. Even though both texts share similarities their settings couldn’t be more different, starting by the location (rural vs. urban), the period of time and the people and how they perceive “the other.”
Walter Payton, former Bears running back, had died from a form of liver cancer. Even though his doctors were very optimistic about his condition in the past, he still died from primary sclerosing cholangitis. Per the Baltimore Sun, primary sclerosing cholangitis is an autoimmune disorder in which the immune system attacks its own tissues and scars the bile ducts. His physicians couldn’t believe that the problems he had from the liver disease would quickly kill a man with his physical abilities. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., diagnosed Payton with a side effect that caused his ducts to drain bile from his liver.
Just like other classic novels, Steinbeck’s Cannery Row is the one of the remarkable novella of all time. However, it looks hard for me to understand the entire texts in the story although I tried to read and translate them. The old novel is likely to describe a lot of detail in every scenes in the book. Therefore, it will be hard for me to get into the plot and each character easily.
John Steinbeck • He was born February 27th, 1902 in Salinas, California. • His mother, Olive Hamilton, was a school teacher. • His father, John Ernst Steinbeck, was a manager at a flour mill. • He was the only boy, and had 2 older sisters and 1 younger sister.
In The Winter of our Discontent by John Steinbeck, Steinbeck discusses what the American dream meant for families in the 1960s. The American dream that most families strived for included a happy marriage, well behaved children, a stable job with a decent paycheck, and a nice house. Every character in the novel has a dream that they wanted to accomplish but could not. Ethan dreamed of wealth and power, but felt guilty in the end because he went too far in trying to reach his goals. Marullo already had his dream, but it was stripped away from him when Ethan reported him to immigration services.
Near the end of Cannery Row, John Steinbeck includes a story about a gopher. Even though it seems random, this story is actually a parable about Doc and his realization that he will always feel alone despite being surrounded by the denizens of Cannery Row. The similarities between the gopher and Doc are apparent after viewing the quotes from the poem Black Marigolds in the surrounding chapters, quotes from other characters, and the descriptions of the rats and rattlesnakes at the end of the book. Both the gopher and Doc are dissatisfied despite having perfect lives. The gopher had it all.
