Gandhi once said, "I have also seen that the children succeeded in overcoming the effects of the evil inheritance, because purity is a unique attribute of the soul." John Steinbeck's novel "East of Eden" is the allegory of Cain and Abel's Bible story, many of which are the embodying of good and evil. As they are struggling to overcome what was decided for them, they are taught that they have the power to overcome and transcend their own destiny. When the Hebrew "timshel" concept was introduced into Cain and Abel's fable it was clear whether life was destined or not; humans had the ultimate ability to decide what they were .
The story of Cain and Abel, the sons of Adam and Eve, was repeated in many ways in the eastern part of Eden. Steinbeck deliberately offered Cain and Abel's initials to Cyrus and Alice until Cyrus (Clinus) pulled and consumed energy from Alice (Abel's number). Then Adam and Charles (Again A and C again) invited Abel 's death, regenerated Cain' s hatred against Abel, and Cain was protected by God for protection. But this time, Charles did not kill Adam, but Charles lived unfortunately and did not continue his route.
Eden of the East is a story that Cain and Abel swallow the Bible through the story of the farmer's center in the Salinas Valley at the turn of the 20th century. For those who need to review the Bible: Cain and Abel are the two sons of Adam and Eve. Adam liked the gift to Abel 's Cain. I killed the hidden Abel. God is everything, "What is all lies and murders?" He kicked him by the road. I read the eastern part of Eden when I was a second grader on site. After Oprah chose it as her first choice of her recently resurrected book club, the book experienced various resurrections. I remember that there are very few emotional nodes in this book, but in addition to a powerful final scene, we touch within one minute.
References to Cain and Abel's Bible stories are particularly evident in the title obtained from Genesis 4: 16, and after killing his brother Abel, Cain said Eden East, land of Nod. "As a sheriff, Ber Ives cited this point, then Cal took Aron to see the mother he thought it was dead, go to the war, like Cain, The behavior of Cal was brought about by God (not Adam) rejecting the gifts of his land and supporting the animals that Abel gave him.