You will write a 500-word theme addressing one of the prompts listed below.
1. Steinbeck & Contentment: Throughout Cannery Row, Steinbeck comments about the complexity of defining the meaning of ‘success’ and ‘contentment.’
Write a theme that explores how Steinbeck experiments with a more supple and multidimensional view of success and happiness.
How is a successful life redefined by the members of Steinbeck’s Cannery Row community?
Which characters in the novel seem to be the most contented with their lives?Why?
Your theme should make brief-but-direct comparisons to how two other American authors from our reading list have explored this topic. (Key authors to consider might include
Emerson, Thoreau, Whitman, Twain, Frost, and Kesey.)
Write a theme that explores how Steinbeck experiments with a more supple and multidimensional view of success and happiness.
