He even works his entire adult life gathering his wealth and hoarding it. The concept that Charles has all this sin that he is holding onto while Adam on the other hand spends his money freely, "getting rid of it" and thus removing his burden of that sin is a stark comparison between the two. Money is actually the least of Adam's worries through his life and he could really care less about it. Samuel Hamilton said it best when he said "Pay" Samuel asked, "Yes merited by the nature of it" and "A man matches himself against pay" (258). Not only do the two brothers deal with money, everybody has to. They all place some value in it, however small, so no matter how righteous someone believes them to be, they all have some sin inside of them. Everybody but Adam, who needs no pleasure from the money he has.
The second half of the book compared Caleb and Aron as having a freedom to choose, instead of having their future chosen for them. At first the cycle of Cain and Abel was just repeating, as they did not understand the possibility of having a chance to be what they may. Cal and Aron were different in one major respect because Adam was their father. He was the complete opposite of his father Cyrus. Instead of their superior resembling Cain, they had an Abel to look up to. This, and the realization of the word timshel, allowed both of them to have the opportunity to choose good instead of evil, a choice that neither Adam nor Charles had. However, Cal still does have some of both in him, closely resembling Cain when he said, "How do I know? Am I supposed to look after him?" (564). The good in him makes him realize later that what he did was a terrible thing to do, and it hits him really hard. It is this good in him that lets Cal be free to make his own decisions and succeed in the battle of good and evil.
Revelations were revealed to the boys that opened up a whole new world for them.
