East of Eden
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<Tab/>East of Eden contains a very basic and well-known theme of good and evil. Steinbeck's story is based on the Cain and Abel and the word Timshel. Cain and Abel being Cal and Aron bring about the theme with their own actions. In the novel, Cathy Ames is shown with having no good only evil. But she shows some goodness at the end of the novel when she goes to the church to see her abandoned son. The story discuses Heaven and Hell, right and wrong, and truth and lie.
<Tab/>The protagonist of the novel is Cal Trask. Cal Tras…
