Cathy Ames as the Devil in John Steinbeck's East of Eden

Cathy Ames is a devil in eastern Eden in the eastern part of Eden, a novel that explores the root of evil in its primitive form. John Steinbeck interwoven cruel, cruel and isolated stories through complex intrigue lines and complex characters. An important role to help explain the existence of evil in the book is Kathy Ames, a smart woman who uses ruthlessly others to meet her needs. When rethinking the eastern part of Eden, the debate that often emerged is whether Cathy's evil is the result of nature or cultivation.

"I think I am under this beautiful skin, I do not mean as much as half of you. I think you are a demon" (Steinbeck 117) Charles Trusque better explains Kathy Ames I could not do it. In the east of John Steinbeck's Eden, Adam Trask's brother Charles Trask became increasingly Adam, almost killing Adam. Adam and Cathy Ames were born in Aaron (Aron) and Caleb (Cal) Trask. Cathy left the family to pursue a prostitute's life. Cull always loved Aron 's favorite and basically banished Aaron to the army. Adam was destroyed and curl became very bad, but then he said "Hebrew words, the word Tim Shell - you may be - that way is open" (Steinbeck 303). Steinbeck also took in his books the many ideas of Genesis, mainly the story of Cain and Abel. Cassie Ames played an important role in this story as this character deals much damage and damage to all the characters she encountered.

Eden 's East, centered on the evil of Cathy Ames, is a story of the battle between man and evil. Steinbeck showed the first fall of humanity and the story of Kane and Abel using a metaphor of Adam and Eve and showed that jealousy and anger beating and killing his brothers. John Steinbeck believes this