East Of Eden Weather Analysis

In the first chapter of The Great Gatsby weather symbolizes the feelings and emotions that the characters are expressing. For example, “And so it happened on a warm windy evening I drove over to East Egg to see two old friends whom I scarcely knew at all (Fitzgerald ch.1).” In this quote we can notice that it is a warm windy evening. This relates to Nick’s emotions because he is feeling happy about meeting his old friends but nervous at the same time. In addition, weather is also used to set the mood of the story. “A breeze blew through the room, blew the curtains in at one end and out the other like pale flags, twisting them up toward the frosted wedding-cake of the ceiling, and then rippled over the wine-colored rug, making a shadow on it as wind does on the sea.” (pg.8). Fitzgerald describes the breeze in a very detailed way to show Nick’s peace and calmness. The wind to descibe not usr nicks emotionns but the beginning of a new journey.

A central question raised by John Steinbeck’s East of Eden is whether it is possible to triumph over evil, answered by the discussion of free will and inherited sin. The idea of “timshel” is canvassed through the struggles of Caleb “Cal” Trask. The concept of inherited sin is illustrated through the actions of Cyrus Trask, Charles Trask, and Cathy/Kate Trask.

These examples give the novel complexity and is ultimately why John Steinbeck received a nobel prize for the creation of it. Characterization is used throughout the novel to give insight on the characters thoughts. Cyrus Trask was viewed to be a very distant parent through indirect characterization. The reader may have picked this up through the acts of his children fighting for affection. Another example of characterization would be shown through Cal Trask. Cal was known to be the most dynamic character. Both direct and indirect characterization were used to illustrate Cal’s thoughts and actions. Allusion is another figurative device used in this novel. The novel is discretely based around the Book of Genesis. Cain and Abel is the main story that this novel is based off of. Their relationship of jealousy shines through both Adam and Charles and Aron and Cal. In Aron and Cal’s relationship, the similarity to Cain and Abel starts to lose its shine. Cal grows a conscience and becomes more dynamic and eventually defeating the odds of himself turning into a true Cain. These different figurative devices used in this novel speak to the readers in a way to grab their attention long enough to

In the book, East of Eden by John Steinbeck, the characters in the book represent Biblical symbols of good and evil. Their interactions demonstrate the influence of good and evil on each other. Each character in the book has their own personality trait that plays onto the other characters when they come together. It is the comparison between good and evil that triggers events leading to violence.

While Doodle and the narrator were in the boat, the author described the setting: “black clouds began to gather in the southwest, and [Doodle] kept watching them, trying to pull the oars a little faster” (394). The black clouds represented ominousity. They warned that a storm was coming, but they also foreshadowed that something unfortunate would occur to Doodle and the narrator. As Doodle rowed the oars to avoid the clouds and the coming storm, he was representing his struggle to hold onto life to please his brother and avoid his death, even though he knew the end was near. Doodle’s death was also foreshadowed by the summer’s weather overall. The year that Doodle was to die, “the summer of 1918, was blighted. In May and June there was no rain and the crops withered, curled up, and died” (391). This represented Doodle’s future, because he was withered like the crops. Just like the crops died because they were not given enough water, Doodle died because he was not given enough love. The narrator was repelled by Doodle, and only helped him out of selfishness. However, after the crops died, the people that depended on them would starve. This symbolized how the loss of Doodle would fill his family with sadness and longing for him. Therefore, Hurst used the weather to contribute not only to the setting, but also to the development of the

James Bryce once said, “The worth of a book is to be measured by what you carry away from it.” Any good piece of literature should both challenge and enrich you, and John Steinbeck’s East of Eden is no exception. More than a mundane reiteration of a biblical tale, East of Eden explores the enduring issue of man’s battle with sin. Steinbeck wove the story of Cain and Abel into the fabric of the Salinas Valley, giving it fresh perspective and proving the battle between good and evil remains relevant today. While reading the novel, I had to juggle several different story lines following the Trask and Hamilton families, as well as connect and relate to those of individual characters. The complex characters and plot, while difficult to fully

East of Eden, a novel written by John Steinbeck, is set in Salinas, California, a place Steinbeck calls home. Steinbeck believes East of Eden to be his most sacred piece of work. Throughout the novel, Steinbeck explores the universal themes that all humans experience, such as: lust, family, sin, and free will. The novel foreshadows the roles that the characters play as they reenact the biblical story of Cain and Abel. Several characters through the course of Steinbeck’s novel, East of Eden, demonstrates a lack of self ability and corruption of the soul.

In most novels, the author utilizes setting to foreshadow the upcoming events in a story. In Thomas Foster’s How To Read Literature Like a Professor, he explains how seasons play a role in foreshadowing. Each season’s characteristics implement an upcoming event. F. Scott Fitzgerald utilizes weather characteristics in his novel The Great Gatsby to foreshadow certain events. At the beginning of the book, it is the start of summer, essentially the end of spring, which is also when Gatsby tries to reconnect with Daisy, and Nick’s naivety plays a role.

John Steinbeck uses a wide variety of literary devices throughout his novel, most notably, his wide use of allusions. The two younger generations of the Trask family mirror the biblical tale of Cain and Abel, both in name and in actions. Cain and Abel is a tale of two brothers, one a farmer, the other a shepherd, who each offer gifts to god. God chooses Abel’s gift over Cain’s gift, and in a jealous rage, Cain murders Abel. God then exiles Cain to the lands east of Eden, where he is sent to wander. Both generations of Trask brothers mirror the story of Cain and Abel. One brother is favored above the other, which leads to anger from the sibling cast aside. Adam’s father cast aside Charles in favor of Adam, and Adam, unaware of the similar circumstance, casts aside Caleb over his more amiable brother, sending him into a jealous rage the same way Adom’s brother had years before. The repeating circumstances convey the insight that history may not repeat per se, but rather it rhymes. Another major allusion within “East of Eden” is the title itself. Cain is sent to the lands east of Eden as his punishment, and so is Charles, who confines himself to his farm to think over his actions. Caleb finally breaks the cycle, being relieved from his spiritual wandering by his father. The title contrasts the theme of the novel, which emphasizes human choice in their fate.

East of Eden, a novel by John Steinbeck, tells the convoluted story of two families over the span of multiple generations. The novel is considered a modern day retelling of the Genesis story from the Bible. Though the novel is fiction, Steinbeck manages to incorporate several references to various historical events, specifically wars that America was involved in. A few of the wars that are alluded to are the War of 1812, the Civil War, and World War I. For some of the wars that Steinbeck mentions, he gives correct facts about, such as the Civil War. Steinbeck properly illustrates the medical techniques and prostitution at war camps. Other wars, though, he speaks about with less truth, such as the War of 1812. Steinbeck grossly underestimates

“Is there, then an evil that is innate, that is the little piece of monster in all of us.” (Cusatis). Every person has two sides, no one is completely good or completely evil. In the East of Eden, John Steinbeck uses a biblical metaphor to illustrate the innate good and evil that humans encounter. The novel includes several characters that are purely evil or do evil deeds. The Trask family is directly correlated to the Garden of Eden and other biblical narratives. “Steinbeck puts more into his stories than Genesis 4” (Fontenrose). Steinbeck illustrates the concepts of good and evil, family, and love to describe the frailties of the human experience.

In East of Eden, John Steinbeck explores how the personality trait of motherliness affects an individual. He shows this through Abra resulting nurturing actions and poise. Throughout the novel, the narrator mentions how Abra acts like a mother which causes her to perform nurturing actions towards some of the characters. Since Aron does not have a mother, Abra often acts with a maternal nature towards him.

Every great writer had their own influences, John Steinbeck was no exception. Steinbeck’s influences cam from family, friends, and his environment to write detailed descriptions to involve or influence the reader. Whenever someone reads one of John Steinbeck’s works they are in immersed in the scene he is describing, he makes you feel as if you are right there experiencing everything there first hand.

There are two types of people in this world: one that is able to change and others that refuses to change. In the novel, East of Eden by John Steinbeck, Steinbeck mainly focuses on female character that can be illustrated as either a person who is able to fit in to changes as a wife and a mother, or who simply just deviates from home and/or family life.

John Steinbeck was probably the best author of all time. He was the winner of a Nobel Prize, and along with many other accomplishments, Steinbeck wrote twenty-five books, including sixteen novels, six non-fiction books and several collections of short stories during his lifetime. Seventeen of his works, including The Grapes of Wrath, Cannery Row, The Pearl, and East of Eden, went on to become Hollywood films, some appeared multiple times, as remakes. Steinbeck also had some success as a Hollywood writer, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Story in 1944 for Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat. Many of his life experiences are shown through his novels. Someone can tell, by reading one of Steinbeck’s novels that he had been through a lot,