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East of Eden by John Steinbeck
[Writer 's Name] [Supervisor 's Name] [Course] [Date] East of Eden by John Steinbeck East of Eden contains fundamental and famous theme of good and evil Steinbeck 's story is based on the Cain and Abel and the word Timshel Cain and Abel being Cal and Aron bring about the theme with their own actions . In the novel , Cathy Ames is shown with containing no good only evil . But she explains some goodness at the end of the novel when she goes to the church to see her deserted son
. In East of Eden ' John Steinbeck shows the difference between good and evil , by incorporating similarities with the biblical story of Cain and Abel , along with the struggle that is love , and the use of symbols in the state of California
The central character of the novel is Cal Trask . Cal Trask is the son of Adam Trask and the brother of Aron . Cal holds a manipulative nature to him . He thinks very guilty when he upset people intentionally or unintentionally . Cal signifies Cain in the bible . In the novel , Cal feels bitter in the direction of him brother Aron . Their father looks like to favor Aron all through the novel . This produces Cal desire to search for revenge against his brother , Aron . The antagonist in the novel is Cathy Ames . Cathy Ames is full of evilness . She is although of as being an animal . Cathy murders her parents by burning their house down with them inside . She then seeks to kill Adam and Mr . Edwards . The person who reads never identifies what she is thinking or about to do this creating the novel 's expense . The only normal things about Cathy seem to be her looks . Since the only love she know is hatred
Present day a father 's love is unconditional , but in this novel a father 's love in this family is signified as conditional . Cyrus loves Adam because he is a "good boy " but Charles is evil and dangerous making him very hard to like or even love . Adam loves Aron because he is full of honesty and has pride in what he does . Caleb is likeable but also hard to love because of his unseen evilness . If Cyrus ' or Adam 's love had been unconditional with both sons careless of their personality , the evilness of Caleb and Charles might have been erased because they no longer would be bitter towards his brother
Works Cited
Steinbeck John , East of Eden , Penguin (Non-Classics Oprah 's Book Club edition (June 18 , 2003 . pp 603
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