Cain and Abel

the biblical story of brothers, Cain and Abel from the book of Genesis, with a few subtle differences, including redemption for the “evil brother.” This epic tale of the Trask family is set mostly in the Salinas Valley of California at the turn of the twentieth century and during World War I. Adam Trask favors his son Aron over his son Cal, just as God approved of Abel’s sacrifice over that of Cain’s. Steinbeck uses the allusion of biblical brothers Cain and Abel to create characters with familiar

Steinbeck refers to the story of Cain and Abel, two brothers who lived in peace until Cain slaughtered Abel. One day the two boys were to offer sacrifices to god; Abel offers his best lamb and Cain offers grain to god. God prefers Abel’s gift over Cain’s and in a jealous fit of anger Cain murders Abel. After this God comes to talk to Cain about what he had just done and in doing so he banishes Cain to “the land of Nod, east of Eden”(Genesis 4:16). Steinbeck uses a few Cain like characters throughout the

The biblical story of Cain and Abel also plays a central role in the novel East of Eden. The novel portrays this analogy through the characters of both Charles and Adam, and Cal and Aron. In the Christian Old Testament, The Book of Genesis, Adam and Eve's sons, Cain and Abel, offer sacrifices to God. Because God prefers Abel's gift over Cain's, Cain becomes infuriated and kills his brother in a jealous rage. The characters of Charles and Adam Trask, who share the initials C&A with their biblical

The psychoanalytic lens provides a method for interpreting text from a view of understanding a story’s dynamics, underlying thoughts, fascinations, or images that explain a character’s motives. When reading literature through the psychoanalytic lens, one searches for how structure and images explain psychoanalytic concepts that help determine the psychological stance of a character. We look at these allusions through the psychoanalytic lens, we see that the allusions unveil the underlying emotions

Jealousy of Abel Cain in Genesis 4:1-2 was the first son of Adam and Eve and the elder brother of Abel. Cain and Abel offered offerings to God and God looked with favor on Abel and offering, but God did not look with favor on Cain and his offering. He became angry and jealous of his brother. He invited his brother out to the field and there he attacked and killed him. Instead of Cain to make amends by offering what would be acceptable to God to secure the favor of God, he compared himself with Abel, became

It was totally unexpected and it became one of the most destructive earthquakes ever to hit Japan. Thousands of men, women, little boys and little girls were killed. Thousands more were injured. Japan was not prepared for such a disaster. There was a shortage of medical supplies; they needed food, clothing and building materials. And America, with a heart as big as her land, came to their rescue. Within hours ships loaded with medical supplies, food, clothing and shelter materials were on their

In the Bible, the relationship between the law and violence can be seen through the tragedy of Cain killing his brother Abel, which is a direct result of the curse of sin brought about by their parents’ breaking God’s original law. This sparked a series of laws from God that are impossible to follow for the now fallen creatures, thus inevitably violence ensues with each new law conceived. In the Old Testament, man is never able to perfectly follow God's commands, therefore sin and violence result

Summary: Adam and Eve gave birth to Cain and then Abel. Cain worked the land while Abel took care of the flocks. Both Cain and Abel brought offerings to God; God was pleased with Abel’s but not with Cain’s. Out of anger and jealousy, Cain led Abel to the field and killed him. God discovers the murder and condemns Cain to wander the Earth the end of his days. Commentary: When God was more pleased with Abel’s offerings, it started a desire in Cain, to get revenge, gain more favor with God (if this

According to the Old Testament, Cain is the first son of Adam and Eve, of whom also his brother Abel was born. The heresy of Cain was to kill his brother due to jealousy for not having the love of God, since he preferred the sacrifice of his brother (the firstborn of his sheep) to his (fruits of the earth). God then condemned him and he wandered the earth with a sign so that no one would dare to kill him. In this allusion in which Mister Utterson “inclines to Cain’s heresy,” he puts himself in the

The True Evil One In D. H. Lawrence’s critical essay “On The Scarlet Letter,” Lawrence talks about Hester’s adultery and how it affects Dimmsdale, society, and herself. Lawrence constantly critiques Hester’s actions because she is full of evil due to her action of adultery. Although many state that Dimmsdale is the one who is evil and he seduces Hester into committing adultery, Lawrence argues that Dimmsdale is pure and Hester is evil. Lawrence analyzes Hester’s behavior and characteristics and