... or are they shaped by the environment surrounding them? The popular idea is that once someone sins, they are, and will always be a sinner. However, John Steinbeck, author of East of Eden, addresses this discourse with a very different perspective. Although many people believe that evilness is an irreversible concept, Steinbeck believes that even though someone can inherent evil qualities, they ultimately have ... the opportunity to choose between good and evil. Steinbeck sees this as one of the most important abilities humans have, and strongly emphasizes it in his novel. Throughout Eas...

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East of Eden In John Steinbeck's Book, East of Eden, he succeeds in recreating the Fall of Man. He does this by creating characters that emulate the characteristics, behaviors, attitudes, and relationships of the Serpent, Cain ... the relationship of Cain with God. The Fall of Man starts in Chapter Three of Genesis, but East of Eden recreates the Fall of Man by incorporating Genesis Four. When Earth was created, God planted many plants in the Garden of Eden and in the middle of the garden was the tree of life and the tree of the ... each of us the choice to do good or evil and based on our ...

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... life have order and before Eve was created Adam was cooperative with all of God's commands. Moments after giving life to Adam, God created a garden east of Eden to house this newly born being. God then placed the tree of life and the tree knowledge of good and evil in the middle of the garden ... that a garden must be well organized otherwise it would be called a yard. The location of the garden also becomes more Eros as it put in the east of Eden. Eros is often associated with right handedness or the right side in general. When something is correct we often say, "that's right" insinuatin...

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