Description of social problems in "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck is the prominent literary representative who greatly contributed to the development of American literature. His works reflect the psyche of the period to which they belong, the contradictions of society, different characters and destinies, changes, disagreements or imbalances between society and man. In the following article some literary peculiarities of the work "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck are discussed. In the novel the author shows the fate and feelings of people belonging to different classes in the society, besides he expresses the problems of the time, too. The novelist created his works at a time when the spiritual, moral and social situation in the country was complicated.