Plenty On Cannery Row Banded Together: A League Of Their Own
ASE Title:
Plenty on Cannery Row; Banded Together; A League of Their Own
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Set in the 1930s (during the Great Depression; Monterey, California)
Use ACTION Verbs in assertion statement
Theme: Community
The theme of community is prevavsive throughout the novel, as Steinbeck captures the genuine camaraderie among the inhabitants of Cannery Row.
Cannery Row is not just a place to live. It is a place where the inhabitants/denizens belong.
-like Delbarton – ‘That here, we belong’
Steinbeck – character relationships; strength in the unbreakable bond of brotherhood
1st quote: illuminates their similarities/shared commonalities (no families, no money, and no ambition)
Despite their own financial hardships and
daily challenges, these characters (the denizens of Cannery Row) have forged strong bonds to survive.
• Connection: sense of belonging = sense of happiness
Friendships can happen anywhere, even in the desolate area of Cannery Row
• Inhabitants (Mack and the boys) are products of their environment – they are not bad people.
• Considered outcasts, “the have-nots”
• The environment has shaped them. Conversely, the inhabitants have changed Cannery Row.
Mack and the boys – dependent (physically, as well as emotionally)
• Physically: built the Palace Flophouse o Palace Flophouse – an oxymoron? Steinbeck uses this oxymoron to help create the mood
{Mack and the Boys - Positive energy – transformed a long, bare room into a home built for a king)
• Palace – the word conjures up an image of something magnificent/grand
• Flophouse – cheap hotel or rooming house
• Emotionally: support group/trust
Strong sense of brotherhood/companionship
• Always there to lend a helping hand
• No one stands alone o Actions – done with the best of intentions o not always executed properly – (Doc’s 1st party – bad effect) o Spontaneity
Friendship/sense of camaraderie is most prevalent throughout the novel.
Plenty on Cannery Row; Banded Together; A League of Their Own
Cannery Row by John Steinbeck
Set in the 1930s (during the Great Depression; Monterey, California)
Use ACTION Verbs in assertion statement
Theme: Community
The theme of community is prevavsive throughout the novel, as Steinbeck captures the genuine camaraderie among the inhabitants of Cannery Row.
Cannery Row is not just a place to live. It is a place where the inhabitants/denizens belong.
-like Delbarton – ‘That here, we belong’
Steinbeck – character relationships; strength in the unbreakable bond of brotherhood
1st quote: illuminates their similarities/shared commonalities (no families, no money, and no ambition)
Despite their own financial hardships and
daily challenges, these characters (the denizens of Cannery Row) have forged strong bonds to survive.
• Connection: sense of belonging = sense of happiness
Friendships can happen anywhere, even in the desolate area of Cannery Row
• Inhabitants (Mack and the boys) are products of their environment – they are not bad people.
• Considered outcasts, “the have-nots”
• The environment has shaped them. Conversely, the inhabitants have changed Cannery Row.
Mack and the boys – dependent (physically, as well as emotionally)
• Physically: built the Palace Flophouse o Palace Flophouse – an oxymoron? Steinbeck uses this oxymoron to help create the mood
{Mack and the Boys - Positive energy – transformed a long, bare room into a home built for a king)
• Palace – the word conjures up an image of something magnificent/grand
• Flophouse – cheap hotel or rooming house
• Emotionally: support group/trust
Strong sense of brotherhood/companionship
• Always there to lend a helping hand
• No one stands alone o Actions – done with the best of intentions o not always executed properly – (Doc’s 1st party – bad effect) o Spontaneity
Friendship/sense of camaraderie is most prevalent throughout the novel.