CANNERY ROW

ABOUT CANNERY ROW

• Takes place in Monterey, California in the 1930's
• Mainly follows Mack, Doc, and little bit of Lee Chong

SUMMARY: PLOT

• Mack rents Lee Chong's Abbeville building.
• Mack sees Doc and thinks "We should do something nice for him."
• Mack thinks they should throw him a party.
• Mack gets job from Doc to collect frogs to pay for party.

SUMMARY: PLOT CON.

• Mack and friends collect frogs
• Buy stuff from Lee Chong's for party.
• Mack and the boys threw party at Western Biological and wrecked the place without Doc
• Doc comes back from trip and finds the place a mess around Mack and Doc punches him.
• Mack feels bad after being chastised and beaten by Doc
• Mack and the boys are scowled upon by the residents of Cannery row

SUMMARY PLOT: CON.

• Mack and his friends dog, Darling gets sick, and Doc checks up on it.
• Darling gets better thanks to Doc
• String of bad luck happens on Cannery row.
• After bad luck, Mack plans another party for Doc with help from everyone, and makes preparations.
• Everyone on Cannery row comes together and gets Doc presents

SUMMARY: PLOT CON.

• Doc finds out about party
• Doc made preparations
• Everyone plans before party
• Party happens, everyone shows
• Events happen, fight breaks out
• After fight, everyone's happy
• After party, Doc cleans up and is very happy.

CHARACTERS

• Lee Chong- Store owner, owner of Mack's home, and is Asian America
• Mack- Lives in the "Palace Flophouse," owned by Lee Chong, is homeless, has good intentions and is poor.
• Doc- Owns Western Biological, Helps out Mack and friends, throws parties, helps community and shelters Frankie.

JOHN STEINBECK PORTRAYAL OF G.D.

• He made it sound not as bad as it really was.
• Had some elements from actual G.D. Ex. Frankie couldn't go to school, people didn't live in houses.

ACTUAL GREAT DEPRESSION

• Homeless people lived in Hoovervilles and Shanty towns.
• Asian-Americans forced to live on East and West coast.
• Everyone found themselves out of work and searching for better life.

THE END.

WORK CITED

• History.com, "Hoovervilles" History, 2015, History.com staff, "http://www.history.com/topics/hoovervilles" 2/April/2015
• Kennedy, Rita "Asians in America During the Years From the Great Depression to WWII" Synonym, synonym.com, 2001-2015 http://classroom.synonym.com/asians-america-during-years-great-depression-w..." 2/April/2015

WORK CITED CON.

• Academic.mu.edu "Life During the Great Depression" academic.mu.edu, 2015, "http://academic.mu.edu/meissnerd/depression.htm" 2/April/2015.
• Steinbeck, John. Cannery Row. New York, New York. Penguin Group. 1992. Print.
• http://www.iushorizon.com/16061/news/flipping-pages-a-spring-break-reading-...
• http://www.jkagroup.com/methods/mackandtheboys.htm