Answer To: As a part of our critique on late capitalism, each of you shall produce a critical presentation of...
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Title: Cannery Row
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Annotated Bibliography 1
Walton, John. "Cannery Row: Class, community, and the social construction of history." Reworking Class. Cornell University Press, 2018. 243-284. CHAPTER 8. Cannery Row: Class, Community, and the Social Construction of History (degruyter.com)
In the story, ambition takes many forms, including ambitions for social prestige, consumerism, and professional accomplishment. However, ambition frequently leads to despair, unhappiness, and failure rather than the intended outcome. The lack of ambition is the most desirable personality feature. Many people in the story, often in amusing ways, fall prey to the trap of ambition. The Malloys, for example, live in a defunct boiler on an empty lot. Mr. Malloy's wife now wants curtains, even though they have no windows, as he becomes marginally less poor by renting out spare pipes in the lot. When Mary Talbot cannot afford to pay for actual parties, she organizes parties for cats.
She is certain that her spouse will become a well-known author. Even though he does not have a spouse, the gopher fantasizes about having the perfect gopher hole and envisions it filled with kids. Unfortunately, aspiration does not always play out, which makes dreamers even more dissatisfied because they fought so hard for it. When Mrs. Malloy's husband fails to comprehend the significance of the curtains, she sobs. She feels cheated, as though he disapproves of her basic request. Because of his lack of success as a writer, Tom Talbot has become depressed.
Annotated Bibliography 2
Shillinglaw, Susan, et al. "Truth, Gender, and Black Sheep: Students on Steinbeck." The Steinbeck Review 16.2 (2019): 218-230. Truth, Gender, and Black Sheep: Students on Steinbeck on JSTOR
In contrast to many different authors, Steinbeck believes separation to be now and again advantageous and even vital to the human condition. His idea of isolation appears to come from nature: a few animal types...