Some Unexplainable Necessities

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“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception,” stated Aldous Huxley. Cannery Row has a simple premise: Mack and his friends are trying to do something nice for their friend Doc. Mack hits on the idea that they should throw a party, and the entire community rapidly becomes involved. Unfortunately, the party rages out of control, ruining Doc's lab and home. In an effort to return to Doc's good graces, Mack and the boys decide to throw another party - but to make it work this time. A procession of linked vignettes describes the denizens' lives on Cannery Row. These constitute subplots that unfold concurrently with the main one. Three of these vignettes about Mary Talbot, the Chinaman, and Henri may appear to be added for Steinbeck’s style, caprice, and want to show the different side of his utopian world, but purposefully written to exhibit the part of a functioning society which is the unknown: a fear of change, miracles and superstitions and beliefs, and reasons for horror. Charles Lamb once said “It is good to love the unknown.” People all over the world believe in something unexplainable. 92 percent of Americans believe in God. Most believe opening an umbrella indoors or walking under an open ladder is bad luck. Adherent.com—a growing collection of adherent statistics and religious geography citations—found about 1.2 billion people are nonreligious choosing to be on the border of the unknown while 2.1 billion believe in Christianity and 1.5 billion believe in Islam. Human nature demands to believe in anything for whatever reasons, yet the unexplainable has long been the safety net perceived in different ways to placate a culture. Stein beck manipulated his novels to resemble... ... middle of paper ... ..."Violence Quotes." Find the Famous Quotes You Need, ThinkExist.com Quotations. Web. 01 May 2011. . “We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.” Jim Morrison quotes Blanton, Dana. "FOXNews.com - More Believe In God Than Heaven - Polls | AP Polls | Gallup Poll | Opinion Polls." FoxNews.com - Breaking News | Latest News | Current News. 18 June 2004. Web. 01 May 2011. . More Americans believe in God than in angels, miracles, and even heaven. "Major Religions Ranked by Size." World Religions Religion Statistics Geography Church Statistics. Web. 01 May 2011. . Adherent.com poll site containing polls pertaining to all religions.

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