... 's faults and failures so that they can improve themselves, but at the same time they should "declare and celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit." Steinbeck's writing style seemed to do just that, show the faults of men and women, but at the same time showed how great the power of the human heart is. He attempts to show some of this in East of ... Eden, although I don't feel it was the main purpose of the book. The book focuses more on the never ending struggle in ourselves ... between good and evil. The book begins from Steinbeck's point of view, making many ...

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... to conjure and revise it. One of his later novels, East of Eden, began as an attempt to remember his past, and the history of his family. He intended to write a true historical account of his family's westward migration from New England to California. Steinbeck was a romantic at heart and liked to see himself as someone who came from a long line of adventurers ... . Steinbeck portrays the character Samuel Hamilton in the novel East of Eden. " He came to the Salinas Valley full-brown and hearty, full of inventions and energy. His eyes were very blue ... seasons smelled like - how people ...

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... a story that uses plenty of symbolic objects and symbolic personal attributes to the characters. Some examples of what Steinbeck uses in the story that have symbolic meaning to the story are the chrysanthemums, the wired fence surrounding Elisa's garden, and the gray fog that blankets the Salinas Valley. The author also repeats the word "strong" throughout the story in different forms, such as describing Elisa's facial features, her fingers as ... short story. This is why there are many occasions in the story that illustrate a women's level of expression of their emotions, that is prima...

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