In “East of Eden” by John Steinbeck parallels between the boys, Adam, and Cyrus are noticed. The parallel most apparent to me is how Cal and Aron are extremely similar to Charles and Adam in aspect that they seem to have to complete opposite personalities. Cal and Charles being the ones who have a darker side to them and also being the sibling that most people don’t understand, while Aron and Adam are loved by everyone and seemed to be more cared for. Also, I noticed that Cyrus made up his own fantasy of being in the most important wars and telling others that he was an expert, when in reality he had created his own war life through what he read in books and had only been in service for a few months, yet believed his made-up experiences to be true. In the same way Adam found Cathy and made up his fairytale how he …show more content…
They had similar personalities, mysterious and dangerous, and had sex so he may have never lost a lingering connection with her. And adding her in his will could have been a feeling of closure to him. Liza probably outlived because Sam took Una’s death the hardest. She had been her greatest joy and even though she had left the family years before she still held a piece of Sam’s heart. When Sam found out she had died, it seemed as though his joy for life died as well. Liza took it a lot better than Sam did because she had never been as close to Una as Sam was plus Liza is able to push through obstacles in life knowing that at the end of the road it will all be worth it. Adam did make the right choice by giving Cathy her half of Charles’s inheritance. If he hadn’t I don’t think he would have ever been able to get somewhat over Cathy. And if Cathy had somehow found out she hadn’t given her what was written for her to have in the will, she most likely would have come after Adam and made his life completely unbearable. Adam chose the right thing to do, even though it was a very hard
Then there is the relationship between Charles and Adam. Charles physically and mentally abuses Adam to the extent that he tries to kill him when Charles thinks that their father, Cyrus, loves Adam more. Throughout all this Adam still loves Charles, even after he finds out that Charles and Cathy had slept together and his sons may have even been fathered by Charles. Later in the novel, Adam forgives Charles and writes him a letter to try and put their differences aside, only to find out that Charles has died.
Through certain scenes from the novel, we can relate the brothers Charles and Adam to the exact legend. There's such a strong comparison that we can understand through the actions and way of life that the two brothers follow the same idea. In regarding to the scene when Cyrus the father of the boys, was favoring Adam’s present over Charles's. He deeply appreciated the puppy, over the expensive German knife that was gifted to him. “What did you do on his birthday?’ You think I didn’t see? Did you even spend six or four bits? You brought him a mongrel pup you picked up in the woodlot. You laughed like a foul and said it would make a good bird dog. That dog sleeps in his room” (Steinbeck 268 ). Soon Charles becomes
There was a game. The Westing Game. To find an heir. To win it all. Sixteen players. Eight teams. One winner. Who became the heir of Sam Westing. Sam Westing died, or supposedly did, and his sixteen heirs were trying to figure out who killed him, or if he was killed at all, which we found out, later in the novel was true. All of the teams had different clues, and they tried to figure out what those clues meant. In the mystery novel, The Westing Game, written by Ellen Raskin, the elements that were mysterious were: the main conflict, setting, characterization, and the technique the author gave clues to the reader.
East of Eden by John Steinbeck is an optimistic film about a boy becoming a man and trying desperately to earn the love of his father and mother in the troubled times of the Great Depression. Cal, the main character is a troubled teen who lives with his entrepreneur father, and a brother who is following closely in his fathers steps. Cal’s mother left him and his brother to become a madam of a whorehouse. The struggle takes place between Cal and his father due to his fathers lack of compassion for his son. The conflict rises further when Cal tries to help his father repay a debt, his father further isolates his son and this turns to violent outbursts. Steinbeck focuses on Cal in order to suggest the theme that without love people become violent and mean.
Throughout the novel, East of Eden, John Steinbeck puts forth many literary techniques in the book to make it utterly vivid. His defined techniques of writing allow the reader to unveil the author’s intentions. Steinbeck’s usage of allegories and alliteration through metaphoric language effectively creates a style that is certain to captivate an audience.
John Steinbeck's novel, East of Eden is the epic story of a California family who struggle to overcome issues of betrayal, infidelity, and the age old battle between good and evil and sibling rivalry. The story centers around two generations of brothers in the Trask family-Adam and Charles, and Adam's sons Aron and Cal. In each generation, one of the Trask brothers is moral and good while the other brother behaves badly and immorally. Because the good Trask brothers are favored, the bad Trask brothers develop envious tendencies and a recurrent theme of sibling rivalry appears throughout the book. Steinbeck's dramatic account of the Trask brothers and their rivalry in East of Eden is an impressive tale, but it is also a familiar one that closely echoes a
Moses was a large man who could argue his way out of anything, his reputation for argumentation was known throughout the entire area. He held very strongly to his views and would not budge for anything, except perhaps his mother Goody Cooper. Because of Moses’ gift of gab he was a member of the Lexington Committee. On the night of Moses’ committee meeting Adam asked if he could go with to the meetinghouse with his father. Moses told him that the day he started acting and thinking like a man then Adam could go. So instead of going to the meeting with his father Adam met his cousin Ruth Simmons. Ruth also happened to be Adam’s best friend and love interest, and since they were just “second-cousins, once removed” that made it alright for him to have feeling her. They talked and argued and ended up kissing. It was Adam’s first kiss and the first time he felt like a man.
Steinbeck uses the biblical story of Cain and Abel in East of Eden to show us that we do not have set fate. Steinbeck uses the Hebrew word “timshel”, which means “thou mayest”, to suggest that man has the ability to choose good or evil. “Timshel” affects the characters in East of Eden such as Cal and Aron and their choice of overcoming good or evil. Steinbeck sees this novel as his most important work, and he uses it as a way to state his personal ideas concerning mankind:“The free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual.”(Steinbeck,132). Steinbeck shows God has given humans free will and their ability to choose good or evil, if they so decide. He portrays the “C” characters to be connected to Cain, such as Charles and Cal and the “A” characters to be connected to Abel, such as Aron and Adam.
In the book “Elijah Of Buxton” by Christopher Paul Curtis there are many different characters that have different behaviors . In the book there is a character that is called “The Preacher”.The preacher lies and does many things that aren't good. The Preacher in chapters 1-4 lies to another Character called Elijah . He has lied about the hoop snake. he has said that hoop snakes are very deadly and if they bit you you would die. The preacher told Elijah and Elijah's friend that if the hoop snake ever bit the him that elijah would have to kill him. the book never said why he lied about the hoop snake but he just made it up to scare Elijah. In another chapter The Preacher got two guns from two white men that were dead . the book never said
Tashi's husband Adam symbolized love. He was the only lover of Tashi that we read about. He cared for her and watched over her even when he did not have control over her. Adam may not have been loyal to Evelyn, but he loved her and took care of her. He knew the real Tashi that many people never saw. He was loyal to Tashi, but after the circumcision he would barely ever see her. He was more of a great friend than a good husband was. He lets her know that he loves her several times in the book. At their marriage he cuts the same lines in his face as Tashi had to represent the Olinkans. He goes with her to Mzee's house in Switzerland while she is cured. He also dreams about her and her livelihood, like when she used to say, "But what is it?" when she was happy. Adam, Olivia's brother, was daring at heart. He and Tashi used to go the fields to have sex that was considered very taboo. His mentors were Lisette and Pierre. He learned from them. He was in love with Lisette. She was the contrast to Tashi. She was the opposite of her. Adam probably would have rather lived in France with her, but he stood by Tashi to give her love and affection. Adam was not a bad guy at all. He helped Tashi through the years and was always there whenever she needed somebody. It was unfair of him to be cheating on Tashi with Lisette, and Tashi resented him for that. He was always honest with Tashi though. Adam, like many of the other men in this book, was not a terrible person. He was good at heart.
Edie plays a very strong character in “On The Waterfront”. She’s brave and influential. She’s also religious church going girl who would always stick to her morals. I also believe that Edie’s character believes in everything without thinking too deeply. Even though she doesn’t know what she’s getting into, finding who killed her brother is her motive. She's influenced Terry to always do the right thing and look for justice. This influences made Terry realize at the end that he’s not a “bum’. Even though she’s an outsider, and doesn’t know the environment, she still gets justice. At the end when Terry was getting beaten up by that Johnny Friendly she gets afraid of losing Terry and she chose him over justice at the end, which also shows her
The absence of love from a father in Cal’s and Charles’ life leads to them commit evil actions towards their brothers. Lee suggests that “with rejection comes anger, and with anger some kind of crime in revenge for the rejection, and in the crime guilt--and there is the story of mankind” (Steinbeck 270). The rejection of their gift to their fathers hurts Cal and Charles more than anything. To come to the realization that Adam was favored over Charles, and Aron over Cal enrages these brothers to do regrettable things. Since Cal and Charles have nobody to love or to guide them, they essentially go down the wrong path and abuse brothers physically and emotionally. After Charles’ gift was denied by Cyrus and he found out that Cyrus loves Adam
One of the characters in East of Eden who's actions support timshel is Adam Trask. Adam is a representation of good in the novel. He is the Abel of the modern day biblical story of Cain and Abel and his brother Charles represents Cain. Adam has just had a fight with his stronger and angrier brother Charles. Charles beats Adam to a bloody pulp, enraged that their father Cyrus, loves Adam more than him. Adam hides when Charles comes back with a hatchet and the intention of killing his brother. When Adam drags himself home, at the sight of Adam all bloody and hurt Cyrus is fuming: "You'll have to tell me. I'll make you tell me! Go...
In Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, the word love is defined as a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. Love can bring two people together but it can also have a person be rejected by another because of love. In the novel East of Eden by John Steinbeck, the main character, Adam Trask, confronts a feeling of love throughout the whole book but he either rejects the love of people who care about him or has his love rejected by the people that he cares about. When Adam was a young man in the beginning of the novel, his father, Cyrus Trask loved him but Adam did not love him back and when Adam went into the army he did not come back home until his father's death. Later on in the story Adam really loved his wife, Cathy, but she didn't love him back and so when she tried to leave him and he would not let her, she shot him. Even though Adam survived he was demoralized for most of his life because he still loved her. Through Adam's experiences of love in the novel, John Steinbeck shows that Adam Trask has an inability to handle love.
“Great Expectations” is a general interpretation of Charles Dickens childhood. Narrated by Pip who is of the lower class and was expected, at first to be a blacksmith, until a secret benefactor had supplied Pip with money to become a gentleman in London. There are always two sides to every story in “Great Expectations”. Pip 's life and character is developed in positive and negative ways through Joe and his benefactor, Abel Magwitch.