Ciera Craine
Wilder
6th Period
30 April 2012

Literary Criticism Research
The novel focuses on the lives of a cast of central characters: Lee Chong, a grocery store owner; Doc, a marine biologist; Dora Flood, a motherly brothel owner; and a group of flophouse residents led by a bum named Mack. The novel emphasizes the impact each character or organism has on the community as a whole. It draws attention to the significant role played by members of society. Cannery Row was a popular and critical success at the time of its publication and was very impressive in my ways, (Unknown).
The beginning of this article starts out by an introduction of the book The Grapes of Wrath. It explains how and why Steinbeck wrote this book. The book even won a Nobel Prize for literature and for fictional works. Then the next paragraph goes on to explain who Steinbeck is and how he became a major headline for literature. The last part of the article summarizes and explains all of Steinbeck’s major works such as: Of Mice and Men, Grapes of Wrath, In Dubious Battle and many others.
This article catches scores of waterfront processors provided the backdrop for John Steinbeck's classic novel "Cannery Row." But by the late 1940s, the sardines all but disappeared, and sometime after that, the ubiquitous cans of fish vanished from pantries of most American families. Tom Banse reported this. What the reporters thought was strange was that the fish they caught were related to Steinbeck’s work, Cannery Row.
In this article, this was all familiar territory for John Steinbeck, "The Grapes of Wrath," "Cannery Row," and other mid-century classics where place matters. But the latest place for his works is in a courtroom. The reporters made a list of Steinbeck’s top ten works. They had recently been blogging about the best ones they enjoyed reading. Although, this article was very short and didn’t give as much information as the previous one but may help with research on one of Steinbeck’s other works.
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Steinbeck's Other Novel