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Parallels To The Myths Of Adam And Eve And Cain And Abel In East Of Edens By John Stienbeck

John Stienbeck used a narrator to convey a tone of hopelessness and desperation as he discussed the relationship between Adam and another. The tone of desperation and hopelessness can be used to show the relationship between Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel and the final outcome of the story.

Steinbeck’s narrator adopts a tone of hopeless desperation when Adam tries locking Cathy in the house. Near the bottom of page 201 is a mention that Adam, a character in the book who is married with Cathy, has locked her inside their home. Adam did it because Cathy told him she wanted to live alone with their twins. “He stood panting his ear against the panel. An hysterical affliction poisoned me. He heard her move quietly. As a drawer opened, he had the idea that she was going to stay. He couldn’t place the click. The narrator argues that Adam was not aware of his perception. He was listening to Cathy shuffle around in the home and was using tense language to describe the discomfort he felt. “… A hysterical disease poisoned …” The narrator shows Adam’s vulnerability by using intense words to describe Adam’s regret. The hash mark after Adam’s thought “she’s going stay …”” shows that he did not want to accept what was happening. He also didn’t wish to be hopeless. This is why the tone of the story is both hopeless and desperate. Adam decides that Cathy’s bad side will bring him hope for the good in East of Eden. The narrator uses a depressing tone to convey that Cathy is not able represent the good side of Adam and Eve. Adam, after being shot, had closed himself off to the outside world. Samuel Hamelton and Lee, Adam Hamelton’s worker have become concerned about this. Samuel has gone to Adam’s home to bring Adam back to reality and to care for Adam’s twins, instead of Lee. Adam and Samuel both have a sense of desperation and hopelessness because both are trying to resolve the issue but neither knows what to do. “You purchased your uprightness. But you also bought your thumb turned sideways. Listen, I am going to kill after. You purchased something! You bought it out of a sweet inheritance. Do you deserve to have children? I guess they’re here. Samuel wept, “God help me, Liza!” Adam, you’re not thinking the right way! Listen to my words before I find the wrong spot in your throat. The precious, untried twins are unnoticed and undirected. I will say it softly, hands down, that they have not been discovered. Samuel’s frustration and contempt towards Adam shows that he is helpless in trying to make Adam a better dad. The narrator’s description of the conversation between Samuel and Adam, without analyzing the meanings, shows frustration and contempt. This passage tells us that Samuel is desperate to try to change Adam. The narrator displays desperation when trying to shake Adam from his grief. This passage isn’t about Adam and Eve and Cain and Abel. Instead, it’s Samuel leading Adam to the right side of Salina Valley and trying to stop Adam’s twins from forming the Cain and Abel notion.

When you finish reading the book, you reach the final page. Cal and Aron now had names and grew older to find out their mother’s identity and Aron joined the army. Cal, who is watching Aron in the Army, begins to be afraid of him and wonder if he was born evil or good because of their mother. Adam, when Aron was growing up with Cal, began to act like his dad and prioritized Aron. Cal feels hopeless and is constantly second-guessing himself. Adam dies of despair and disparity soon after Aron’s death in battle. Lee is desperate to have Adam tell Cal, before Adam dies. Adam, he did something out of anger because he believed you rejected him. Cal told Lee, “Lee-you can’t.” “I must,” replied Lee. “If he dies, then I will.” Lee’s shoulders straightened. He said sharply that “Your son’s guilt is almost beyond his capacity to bear. Don’t let him be crushed by rejection. Adam, please don’t hurt him. His lips were combed by the rushing sigh as he expelled the air. His whispered message seemed to float into the air. He said, “Timshel!” and closed his eyes. Lee is depressed about Adam’s treatment of his son. He attempts to make amends with the two people before they die. Adam’s last act of defending the Adam-Eve concept. He makes a bad choice, which will impact his son Cal. Lee also knows that Cal may believe he’s a bad person like his mom if Adam fails to make things right. Adam was left with only a few words to speak after Lee’s words. Lee tells Adam that his son has a mark of guilt.

East of Eden’s central idea is that human evil is inherent and unavoidable. However, the novel also gives the impression that every individual can choose to defeat evil. The narrator conveys many ideas about how good and evil affect people by using a tone of desperation and hopelessness.

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Miles Mitchell is a 40-year-old educational blogger and professor. He has been writing about education and education-related topics since he was a teenager, and has since become one of the leading voices in the education industry. Mitchell is a regular contributor to many education-related websites, including The Huffington Post and The Daily Caller, and has been teaching college students and professionals alike how to write, think, and learn in an education-related setting for over 10 years.