When reading East of Eden you would think that Cyrus didn't even love his sons, because he never showed any kind of compassion toward them. When Charles, and Adam continued to be ignored by their father, they started to compete to win his love. Charles would work, and win at everything to show his father that he was better. Deep down Cyrus knew himself that his love for Adam was stronger. The reason for that was, because he couldn't take care of himself, he was a weakling and thought that he would never amount to anything. He even said "your not clever. You don't know what you want

The two stories are similar in almost every way. The fathers both pushed their sons to an extreme level. Cyrus forced his sons to make them ready for the army, and bull forces Ben because he was in the marine, and wanted Ben to be in it also. In the East of Eden Charles is jealous of Adam, because Cyrus loves Adam more, and in the Great Santini Mary Ann was also jealous of Ben because he had a better life than her. When the two fathers are compared they both want the same things for their kids, maybe during the whole story their just doing it out of love, and all they want is the best for their children.

It was ironic how to different families could have the same problem. Both wanting the love of their father so badly that they were in pain. Not getting the attention they needed made them suffer.

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Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)