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 a family living on a farm in Connecticut. The father of the family, Cyrus Trask, was an army man. His wife died after his first child whom he named Adam. Cyrus married again and had another son, one year younger than Adam, named Charles. The boys grew up close to each other. On one of Cyrus’ birthdays, Adam gave his father a little dog while Charles gave him an expensive Swiss knife. Cyrus never used the knife but was always playing with the dog. Charles grew jealous of Adam for this. Adam, at eighteen was sent to the military by his father. Ten years later, Cyrus died and Adam returned home to live with Charles. Then Steinbeck moves to the Ames family. The Ames had one daughter who was very beautiful named Cathy. Through her beauty, she learned to manipulate people. Cathy made a plan to kill her parents and did
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Approximate Word count = 1003
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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