5/20/2023 0 Comments Steinbeck cannery![]() ![]() ![]() A procession of linked vignettes describes the denizens' lives on Cannery Row. In an effort to return to Doc's good graces, Mack and the boys decide to throw another party-but make it work this time. Unfortunately, the party rages out of control, and Doc's lab and home are ruined-and so is Doc's mood. Mack hits on the idea that they should throw a thank-you party, and the entire community quickly becomes involved. A film version was released in 1982 and a stage version was produced in 1995.Ĭannery Row has a simple premise: Mack and his friends are to do something nice for their friend Doc, who has been good to them without asking for reward. ![]() The actual location Steinbeck was writing about, Ocean View Avenue in Monterey, was later renamed "Cannery Row" in honor of the book. The story revolves around the people living there: Lee Chong, the local grocer Doc, a marine biologist and Mack, the leader of a group of derelict people. It is set during the Great Depression in Monterey, California, on a street lined with sardine canneries that is known as Cannery Row. Cannery Row is a novel by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1945. ![]()
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