East_Of_Eden

East Of Eden Love is the inspiring force behind all conflicts in the book East of Eden by John Steinbeck. Every character, in one way or another, is possessed by love, to do things that aren’t always well thought out. Cyrus, Charles, Adam, Cathy, Aron, and Cal Trask are all in a continual battle for each other’s love. In certain cases this battle ends in death or close to. Cyrus Trask established his love for his family by training his boys all their lives to prepare for war. To Cyrus, the army was the most respectable job that one could have. So he saw no conflict (even though it was an apparent one) in the fact that even though he loved his son, he was sending him off to his death. He picked the son he loved best, Adam, even though Charles Trask was clearly the natural soldier of the two brothers. In chapter 3 Steinbeck explains, "Charles was a natural athlete and the competitor’s will to win over others, which makes for success in the world”. (Steinbeck 20) “Young Charles won all contests with Adam whether they involved skill, strength, or intelligence and won them so easily that quite quickly that he love, adam, charles, cal, father, cathy, aron, one, cyrus, back, way, steinbeck, two, trask, though, takes, son, out, never, loved, because, war, very, nothing, make, himself, goes, give, even, death, conflicts, brother, boys, apparent, always, achieve