East of Eden
The American Heritage Dictionary defines jealousy as “apprehensive of losing affection or position; Resentful or bitter in rivalry; envious.” Throughout the novel of East of Eden there are many unfortunate incidents which happen that are caused by anger, hatred, and wickedness. Anger, hatred, and wickedness are all fruits of jealousy. They are the children of jealousy that grow into teenagers, wild and out of control*. Steinbeck shows through series of events that jealousy leads to sin (the transgression of a religious or moral law) because it is the root cause of all evil. Charles gets furious with Adam when he senses that his father, Cyrus, loves his brother more. One evening after Adam comes out from one of his daily chats with his dad, the two brothers go out for a walk. Charles asks Adam what the two of them were doing. Adam replies that they were just talking. Charles doesn’t believe him. “Didn’t look like that to me,” Charles said suspiciously. “I saw him leaning close, talking the way he talk to me-not telling, talking…Charles cried, “you’re trying to take him away! I don’t know how you’re going about it. What do you think your doing?” (Chapter 3 section 4 Pp. 37-38). Charles get as mad as a bull and beats up Adam
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Approximate Word count = 968
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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