The novel, Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck, characters live on Cannery Row during the Great Depression in Monterey, California. ... Since jobs and homes were lost many people in Cannery Row had to use the resources like a boiler to make a home. Furthermore, some characters in Cannery Row had to live in other things like a large pipe. ... Some people living on Cannery Row live is pipes as homes. ... In Cannery row, the character Joey described his father killing himself. ...

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The unrecognized ending of Cannery Row In John Steinbeck's novel, Cannery Row, Steinbeck attempts to display various themes, all the while focusing on bringing the row itself to life. ... While in chapter thirty, the poem acts as a pleasantry for Doc to read to his guest, in chapter thirty two the poem reflects on Cannery Row itself, and the story that Steinbeck has narrated about it... However, after being translated into the form in which it is read in Cannery Row, the poem is not much more than a mere love poem that brings tears to the eyes of Doc's invitees. ... (293 words;...

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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. ...

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