Everything in Cannery Row feels so real and alive, working together as in an ecosystem of life.🐸🐙🌃🚤 Steinbeck describes everything so intricately, it's impossible not to feel a part of the world within the story. We get small and intimate glimpses into the lives of almost every character, and those little moments feel like everything. One of my favorite scenes consists of only 5 paragraphs. The characters within these 5 paragraphs go unnamed, and we never learn anything personal about them. But in the small moment of time Steinbeck gives us with them, we see two soliders walking around the *pearly* morning with their two lady loves. "They strolled softly in the pearly light. They had a hell of a time, and they felt good." 💘✨️ And in this small scene, we get to enjoy this special moment with these two couples in love as they lay in the sand. I don't know why it resonated with me so much, but I think that's something about Steinbeck that I love. His ability to make small and seemingly insignificant moments, seem larger than they really appear. 💚 I'm looking forward to reading more and seeing what happens with Doc, Mack and the boys and their adorably named dog 'Darling' (SO CUTE.) follow on i..g:thelovelythings505 for more classic literature and John Steinbeck content 💚 - - - - - -
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