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feministic.” The Great Depression was finally ending and women’s rights were rising in importance when this work was published. I believe strongly that Steinbeck 's main purpose for this story was to illustrate feminism. The story begins describing Salinas Valley, covered by a thick layer of fog. Then the focus shifts to Elisa,

which to most green thumbs are some of the hardest to care for, but Elisa dose it effortlessly. The story sets a scene of a dark and closed off area in which they live. The first paragraph says “The high grey-flannel fog of winter closed off the Salinas Valley from the sky and from all the rest of the world. On every side, it sat like a lid on the mountains and made of the great valley a closed pot” (Steinbeck 1). This hints at us how where they live might affect the confidence of Elisa. Living in

Throughout an individual's life they are shaped and molded by their surroundings. Whether that is by their parents, or another individual it will greatly impact the rest of their life. In the novel East of Eden by John Steinbeck their are two major families, the Trask family and the Hamilton family. Samuel Hamilton, an Irish Immigrant, father of nine, and husband to Liza Hamilton meets the Trask family when Adam Trask would need help with an irrigation system for his new farm, when he moved to the

literary devices. The introduction composed by Steinbeck is significant. I believe this because Steinbeck expresses many important literary device such as setting,mood and foreshadowing. When Steinbeck talks about Salinas Valley “The high gray-flannel fog of winter closed off the Salinas Valley from the sky and from all the rest of the world. On every side it sat like a lid on the mountains and made of the great valley a closed pot” (pg 756), he creates a depressing and negative mood. This foreshadows

Chrysanthemums. “The high grey-flannel fog of winter closed off the Salinas Valley from the sky and from all the rest of the world” (Steinbeck, John uhhhh boneless pizza). As the female protagonist in a historically accurate story in the late 1930s, Elisa is condemned to living in a sort of confinement from the outside world, seeing as her husband would do all of the business on the farm. She has something in common with the Salinas Valley, as she too is closed off from the sky and from all the rest

In the valley there were hills brighter than the cars passing by on the highway. Red, green, orange, and yellow. On this side of the highway there was a small building with warm colors that people called “A taste of Barcelona”. When I first entered the building, I noticed that there was a Latin band playing salsa. To my right I noticed that a man asked a woman to dance. It was an interesting site. Men and woman dancing with each other on the wooden dance floor. It is so amazing how specific details

society, isolated from her own feelings, and even in her marriage. Elisa shows isolation from society as she is not connected to people in the village. Steinbeck introduces the setting by saying,“The high gray-flannel fog of winter closed off the Salinas Valley from the sky and from all the rest of the world. On every side it sat like a lid on the mountains and made of the great valley a closed pot” (1). Steinbeck describes Elisa’s home as secluded from the rest of the people in town. Isolation is

The novel East of Eden by John Steinbeck revolves around two families, the Trask family and the Hamilton family. Samuel Hamilton an Irish Immigrant, father of nine, and husband to Liza Hamilton meets the Trask family when Adam Trask would need help with an irrigation system for his new farm, when he moved to the Saliana Valleys during the Homestead Act. Samuel Hamilton becomes very close with the Trask family and even birth?? Adam and Cathy's son. After Cathy shots Adam in the shoulder and runs away

John Steinbeck’s historical novel, East of Eden, is a story of the genealogy of the Trask and the Hamilton families living in Salinas Valley, California. and their experiences involving choice. Along with numerous biblical references, Steinbeck emphasizes the story of Cain and Abel through the characters of Cal and Aron Trask. The novel revolves around a central idea of the Hebrew word Timshel, which signifies “thou mayest”. In other words, an individual may choose between justice and evil and that

light gay mountains full of sun and loveliness and a kind of invitation… The Santa Lucias stood up against the sky to the west and kept the valley from the open sea, and they were dark and brooding” (Steinbeck 3). John Steinbeck was born in the Salinas, California and wrote a number of stories about Cali. The setting in this novel takes place in ---- and the trask family lives in Connecticut at the beginning but this sets the stage for the family’s big move to California. The readers are introduced