From one side the story is simple: people's life, good and bad moments, view of life, love. From the other side this story has many personal fights - for honour, family, for being a person, for the respect, for finding own life's way in this world. Also this book explores themes of depravity, beneficence, love, vagabond, and the struggle for acceptance, greatness, and the capacity for self-destruction and especially of guilt and freedom.
East of Eden is a story about Adam Trask, his relation with father and brother Charles, his mysterious wife, his sons and their not too clear relation; about Samuel Hamilton and his family, his great mind and ideas. It's also about life of people in Salinas valley. This book focuses on Adam's story and also his sons and is showing resemblance to the story of the Hamilton family. We can see the same relation between Adam and Charles, and then between Cal and Aron - comparing to the story of Cain and Abel.
Why you should read it
East of Eden is a story about Adam Trask, his relation with father and brother Charles, his mysterious wife, his sons and their not too clear relation; about Samuel Hamilton and his family, his great mind and ideas. It's also about life of people in Salinas valley. This book focuses on Adam's story and also his sons and is showing resemblance to the story of the Hamilton family. We can see the same relation between Adam and Charles, and then between Cal and Aron - comparing to the story of Cain and Abel.
Why you should read it
This book is about free will, because we always can choose between good and bad and always it will be our decision, not somebody else; free will because we always can choose will we be good or bad person, no matter of genes or place where we live - we are creating oneself, our mind and character, our future. East of Eden is about attempt to find oneself, because ''living'' it's one thing, but ''be somebody'' it's the second.
Questions about sin, conscience of guilty and self-destruction, and also question: what to do to be a better person, to think as a better person?. Of course inside this book we can find religious allegory, Eden (obviously), but also the story of Cain and Abel.
Questions about sin, conscience of guilty and self-destruction, and also question: what to do to be a better person, to think as a better person?. Of course inside this book we can find religious allegory, Eden (obviously), but also the story of Cain and Abel.
Exceptional, unique and amazing style of Steinbeck is another reason, why you should read this book. You can find between the lines questions and answers, happiness and tears, the beginning and the end, you can even find yourself there. This book is something more than just a story; sincere, fascinating, surprising, giving questions, inducing for giving some thought to oneself and these characters - remarkable.
Things to look out for
Friendships and elations between Adam, Samuel Hamilton and Lee, Adam's manservant. All their conversations, ideas, problems and advices. I think it's a real base and real heart of the book.
The last word about the book
"East of Eden" isn't an east or short novel; it's a long, very long book but with amazing story. You will a bit of space and silence to have a chance to think about all what you will find inside the book.
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