Generous individuals find other ways besides the use of money to express their selflessness to other people.Īlmost everyone in the small town of Cannery Row is plagued with the hardships that come with the absence of money. Each character experiences lack of money and the restraints that come with it, whether they are naturally generous or not. In a town where people are always in desperate need of money, generosity provided by others becomes necessary to society.
In Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck, living becomes increasingly difficult as the necessities to live become more costly than the average citizen can afford. Does lack of money affect individuals natural generous nature? An abundance of impecunious people roam the streets of the small town of Cannery Row, California. Because this great work of literature is set during the period of time when America was at its lowest, the Great Depression, it rises the question of wealth being a key contribution to one’s character. Nonetheless, generosity can be found embedded into many of the characters introduced in this novel. Other acts of kindness are shown throughout Cannery Row, but many of them sadly end in complete and utter disaster. When hitch-hiking, never forget the generous person who allowed passageway by the use of their vehicle.
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