A parent's primary responsibility is their children and the children's well-being. Adam was not a very responsible man throughout the whole novel. Adam, a primary character is portrayed as an antagonist in the novel "East of Eden- by John Steinbeck. He did not name his children until they were over a year old, and according to Samuel the children weren't named very well. Adam did not get to know the twins until they were over 10 years old.
First of all, when the kids were born they were not named right away. Lee had to inform Samuel of the nameless children. It wasn't until Samuel Hamilton went to Adam's house that the twins were named. Adam had no idea what to name them. He said "this naming is no simple business- (Steinbeck, 265). Samuel agreed and then suggested choosing names from the bible which Samuel had brought as a reference. Samuel gave suggestions to Adam. Samuel threw some names out to consider like Caleb and Joshua, but Joshua didn't appeal to him because Joshua was a soldier. Although "Caleb was a captain- (Steinbeck, 272) Adam liked the name. "I kind of like Caleb "Caleb Trask- (Steinbeck, 272). All of a sudden "one of the twins woke up and without interval began to wail (Steinbeck, 272). Adam took that as a sign, and that child was named Caleb. Samuel said "You called his name- (Steinbeck, 272). The Samuel went for the other child, except Adam chose this one. He said that he has "always liked Aaron, but he didn't make it to the Promised Land- (Steinbeck, 272). Again there was a sign that this was a good name for the other child. "The second boy almost joyfully began to cry- (Steinbeck, 272). Within "two minutes and after a waterfall of words- (Steinbeck, 272) the boys were named. Adam could have easily done name the children year ago.
Secondly, he didn't name them very well. Samuel Hamilton said that "names are a great mystery- (Steinbeck, 263). "You can be sure of this "whenever a human has a nickname it is a proof that the name given him was wrong- (Steinbeck, 263).
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