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  • Cannery Row

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    Cannery Row is a novel comprised of several vignettes which focus on the citizens of the cannery district in Monterey, California. The main thread of the novel follows the story of Mack and his friends, an unemployed but well-intentioned group of young men, as they attempt to plan a party in honor of Doc, a local benefactor. Their first attempt goes awry, but a heartfelt second attempt is successful in this classic exploration of people and place.

  • Outcasts in Cannery Row

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    Everybody has their own aspect of what a perfect world is or a utopian world In John Steinbecks book Cannery Row is illustrated by outcasts in a type of perfect world that are shown as being gods yet at the same time they hold traits that are completely opposite Above each of these outcasts Doc is held up as being the godliest of them all Though at the same time negative aspects can be observed about him Doc is a very brilliant and compassionate man Though his being the only highly intelligent

  • Cannery Row: The Realistic Utopia

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    Cannery Row The Realistic Utopian Society Cannery Row was writen by famous author John Steinbeck It was one of his later books and is often noted for having a much lighter tone than his other famous works ex Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath In Cannery Row Steinbeck takes one a more whimsical and even more philosophical tone with the story In Cannery Row through the plot and style of writing Steinbeck trys to show the world his ideals of a so called realistic utopia by expressing his beli

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