... is memory, and Steinbeck was constantly revisiting his past, by trying 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 ... seasons smelled like - how people looked and walked and smelled even. The memory of odors is very rich." (Steinbeck 3) In John Steinbeck's childhood memories he remembers blaming the economic problems of the region of S...

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... fiction to read and be contemplated by my fellow classmates, it would be John Steinbeck's East of Eden. East of Eden parallels Genesis times, with a traditional good versus evil story line. The profound depth of the novel leaves one with knowledge and insight for everyday life. East of Eden is the most stimulating novel I have ever read. It is set in the early twentieth century, a time of ... relating to the bigger conflicts exhibited. Steinbeck seems to ask the question, "Is life a carousel revolving around predestined fate or can we choose our own destiny and not repeat the mistakes o...

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• Grade Level: High School

... fiction to read and be contemplated by my fellow classmates, it would be John Steinbeck's East of Eden. East of Eden parallels Genesis times, with a traditional good versus evil story line. The profound depth of the novel leaves one with knowledge and insight for everyday life. East of Eden is the most stimulating novel I have ever read. It is set in the early twentieth century, a time of ... relating to the bigger conflicts exhibited. Steinbeck seems to ask the question, "Is life a carousel revolving around predestined fate or can we choose our own destiny and not repeat the mistakes o...

• Word Count: 258
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School