Class Consciousness in John Steinbeck's Cannery Row
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Abstract
John Steinbeck's Cannery Row is a brilliant representation of how people
strive to maintain the integrity of both the individual and society. In the wake of the
lingering effects of economic depression, the consciousness of belonging to a class
saves people from countless number of evils and hardships. To show how class
consciousness safeguards the victims of economic depression, the researcher adopts
economic determinism as a variant of naturalism. Like the determining impact of
naturalism, economic determinism does have a hold in the priorities and choices of
characters.