Doc and Suzy will first have to find their own lot in life before they can commit to someone else, be it the other or anyone else. The other residents of Cannery Row do their part for a Doc/Suzy coupling, not always with successful results. Doc and Suzy are immediately attracted to each other, but theirs is a clash of personalities, despite each truly liking the other. With few job skills, she gets a job as what she calls a floozy in the local whorehouse, despite her openly headstrong demeanor not making her well suited to the work.

However, he is finding that research is not as easy as he had hoped, and that he is still feeling restless. He believes that his recent collection of eight baby octopi will help him define that future in conducting research on their behavior. But his current life isn't totally satisfying either. He is running away from his past, one where he is trying to make amends for what he considers a past wrong. He is a lost soul who is looking for his place in life. Probably the most upstanding citizen in the area is Doc, a marine biologist who earns a living primarily by collecting and selling marine specimens for research. Cannery Row - the section of town where the now closed fish canneries are located - is inhabited primarily by the down and out, although many would not move away even if they could. Cannery Row is a street populated by canning factories in Monterey, California. Probably the most upstanding citizen in the area is Doc, a marine biologist who earns a living primarily by collecting and Monterey, California in the 1940's. Cannery Row - the section of town where the now closed fish canneries are located - is inhabited primarily by the down and out, although many would not move away even if they could. Summary: Monterey, California in the 1940's.

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