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Cannery Row Language Analysis

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The opening passage of Cannery Row by John Steinbeck reveals bit about the life of Cannery row in Monterey in California. It tells about the life of a small community but doesn’t yet truly acknowledge the protagonists of the text. The author concentrates on building a setting by using creative wording and taking account the audience of his text. In the Cannery row Steinbeck demonstrates how to use English language when describing milieu. Steinbeck creates the picture one word at a time by exploiting our senses. “Cannery Row. . . is a poem, a grating noise, a stink, a quality of light. . . “ Already in the first sentence of the chapter, the author captures readers interest by these words: something we can hear, smell and see. This is used

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