Part 1 of Essay
In the novel, Cannery Row, by John Steinbeck, Mack and the boys are treated differently because of their social class, when really they should not be. In society people judge others by their appearance and social standings. Steinbeck is trying to say that all people are created equal and that social class does not matter. ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... party for Doc. Mack and the boys try to be themselves and get away from the lifestyles of the rich.. "Mack and the boys avoid the trap, walk around the poison, step over the noose while a generation of trapped, poisoned, and trussed-up old men scream at them and call them no-goods, come-to-bad-ends, blots-on-the-town, thieves, rascals, bums"(18). They wish to live the life they want, even if they are called bad names and looked upon as bums. Rich people call Mack and the boys names without realizing that they the ....