Wednesday, November 19, 2014

[inner] Chapter 14: "The Hour of the Pearl”


The hour of the pearl...



















Sign in front of the beach at Stanford University's Hopkins Marine Station on Cannery Row


















Hopkins seen from the whale watching vessel. The other side of the ubiquitous "bird rocks" :)

















Perhaps the beach occupied by the soldiers and their dates in chapter 14. From the Hopkins Marine Station.

The soldiers did not even seem to hear him. They smiled on and the girls were stroking their hair over their temples. At last in slow motion one of the soldiers turned his head so that his cheek was cradled between the girl’s legs. He smiled benevolently at the caretaker. (Steinbeck 80)

Cats drip over the fences and slither like syrup over the ground to look for fish heads. Silent early morning dogs parade majestically picking and choosing judiciously wheron to pee. (Steinbeck 77)

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