While Cal is lying aside of Aron in bed, is one of the first instances that show the idea that Cal opposes the evil inside of him. Steinbeck makes Cal's personal thoughts available to the reader, which allows the reader to perceive that Cal's will to overcome his evil is passionate. Cal thinks, "Dear Lord, let me be l

ike Aron. Don't make me mean. I don't want to be." Due to the fact that these thoughts are Cal's personal feelings they are not influenced by outside incentives, such as the need to compete with his brother. It can be assumed that Cal's will to be without malevolence is present and continually on his mind.

Another event that encouraged Cal and gave him the incentive to become a caring person is the bonding experience that he had with his father. Cal felt for the first time in his whole life that he had something that Aron didn't, Adam's trust. When Adam confided in Cal that he too was put in jail, Cal felt that a connection between him and his father was established. This connection was special, because it brought Cal closer to his father. Cal desperately tries to earn Adam's love and praise throughout the novel, and this event brings him one step closer to the father he wants to be loved by. Adam, b

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