John Steinbecks East of Eden - Caleb Trask and the Message of Persever

Caleb Trask and the Message of industry in East of Eden Caleb Trask was a man with many faults and shortcomings. Yet, Caleb was excessively a man who had a deep longing to be absolute and pleasing to his family, a man who craved his fathers attention, and a man with a better heart than any other character in the book. In his novel, East of Eden, potty Steinbeck uses the character of Caleb Trask to convey the important message of fancy and perseverance. When I first read East of Eden, nothing about Cal Trasks character or his mannerisms made him likable. He was introverted, cold, and hard. I could not help provided sense the story of Cain and Able being played out in a modern day version between him and his twin chum. Although Cal and his brother Aron were twins, distinct differences existed between the deuce boys. Aron was a natural spot of sunshine, informatory his surroundings wherever he went. He was a curly excel child who was adamantly attached to his rabbits. Cal was the opposite of his brother, quiet and serious he was looking forward to farming a small patch of dry land that his father was going to give him. Yet there existed an even greater difference between Cal and his angelic brother. Cal had a foreboding sense of offense and evil about him that was completely foreign to Aron. Cal takes pleasure in fashioning his brother cry, and in causing a little girl to produce in her pants by frightening her so. It becomes apparent, though, that Cal struggles with his darkness and wishes passionately to be rid of his meanness. He doesnt like the way he is, but at the same time he cant change himself, either. From my first introduction of the two brothers, I was taken with Cal. He wa... ... 1989. JOHN STEINBECK(1902-1968). San Jose State University. 17 Jan. 2001. . Levant, Howard. The Novels of John Steinbeck a Critical Study. Columbia U of Missouri Press, 1974. Murray, Robert Davis, ed. Steinbeck. Englewood Prentice-Hall, 1972. National Ste inbeck Center. Salinas, CA. 17 Jan. 2001. . Steinbeck Country. San Jose State University. 17 Jan. 2001. . Trosow, Esther. John Steinbecks Pacific Grove. 17 Jan. 2001. . Trosow, Esther. John Steinbecks Biography. 17 Jan. 2001. . Valjean, Nelson. John Steinbeck The Errant Knight. San Francisco Chronicle Books, 1975.