... 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 ... trees and seasons smelled like - h...

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• Grade Level: High School

... 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 hardships and a ... specific struggle for identity. Steinbeck gives the readers Cathy, the incarnation of evil. He symbolically has Adam as the protagonist of the novel. Cathy fights against the traditional role of women ...

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• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: High School

... 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 hardships and a ... specific struggle for identity. Steinbeck gives the readers Cathy, the incarnation of evil. He symbolically has Adam as the protagonist of the novel. Cathy fights against the traditional role of women ...

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