East of Eden

The book begins by describing Samuel and his family living in Salinas Valley. Samuel was a very creative man who invented many things. But none of his inventions could have carried him to fortune, he remained a poor farmer because he was a bad business man. Samuel was known to be wise and people came to him for advice. He had a wife and nine kids. After describing Samuel and his family, Steinbeck jumps to …

…see her whore mother. Abra then told him that she realized she loves him not Aron. The death of Aron in the military made Cal feel guilty of murdering him. Adam was extremely shocked by Aron’s death that he got a brain stroke. But just before Adam died, Lee asked his forgiveness for Cal. Adam whispered “he has the choice”, as if he forgived him. With these words Adam closed his eyes and died.