lit circle letter #1: cannery row

for the first part of my lit circle letter i will just talk about what the book is like and what i think of it so far, for the second part i think i will do some character analysis.
well so far I'm not finding the book very interesting because i fail to see any type of plot beginning to form, another reason i think I'm finding it hard to read is that the characters are not likable i really do not care what happens to them, also the dialogue is hard to follow because of all the old time slang things. i think this is less of a book and more like a series of vignettes like the house on mango street. i think this because there really seems to be no plot or central conflict and because the characters don't seem to be very well connected they just all live in the same area. all the same i have started reading it and that mean i have to finish. its sort of funny they time Mr. Sutherland says make sure you pic an interesting book is the one time i don't.
for my character analysis i will start with Mack.

"Mack said reprovingly to Hughie, "Just because he doesn't run no dame naked through the streets in the daytime, you think docs celebrate."
" whats celebrate?" Eddie asked.
"that's when you cant get no dame," said Mack.

Now to me what this excerpt shows is that Mack is uneducated when he thinks celebrate and celibate are the same thing and usually when someone is celibate it means they choose not to have sex not that they cant. but i think this also shows that mack is caring and sticks up for the people how are good to him even if the people who are doing the attacking are his friends. this also shows that Mack and his crew do not really respect women but in this book and time setting i suppose no one really does.

"that Doc is a hell of a nice fella" Mack said "he'll give you a quarter anytime. when i cut myself he put a new bandage on every day. A hell of a nice fella."... "i Have been wondering for a long time" he said "what could we do for him- something nice. Something he'd like."

i think this shows that Mack obviously thinks highly of doc and that he would probly think highly of anyone who would give him mone and that shiws he is brock and has probly asked doc for many quarters. this also shows that Mack likes to repay people for kindness- that he takes care of things, his friends for one and most likely his enemys.