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10 or 11 pm. This city is considered or is one of the most violent cities in the nation. Nortenos or surenos are the most common gangs in the Salinas Valley. Many gang activities are related to the nortenos who their main colors are red. Having said about gangs, juvenile violence is one of the most known in this city. Having a curfew in the city of Salinas will definitely benefit the city by helping young teens to stay out of trouble and most importantly be safe. Teens younger than eighteen years

the beginning, the author makes the setting play a major role in revealing how Elisa’s psychological state exists in an state of isolation. He includes this even in the description of the weather: “The high gray-flannel fog of winter closed off the Salinas Valley from the sky and from the rest of the world. On every side, it sat like a lid on the mountains and made of the great valley a closed pot.” (page 1) This descriptive passage of the surrounding area gives the reader a sense of loneliness and

publication: September 1952 Author: John Steinbeck Setting: The story begins in Connecticut but is focused in Salinas Valley, CA. The story spans a good half century, from the Civil War era to World War I. Importance of the setting: Salinas Valley is paralleled to the biblical Garden of Eden, which is necessary for . Plot: The story starts in the late nineteenth century with a description of Salinas Valley, California and an introduction to two families: the Hamiltons of California and the Trasks of Connecticut

The tone of East of Eden is nostalgic. Steinbeck writes about his childhood with fond memories of a better time. He often accounts his favorite memories of his youth and describes them to be simpler times that he still longs for. The tone is most apparent as Steinbeck describes the setting and his family members. The mood of East of Eden is hopeful. Although Steinbeck depicts the follies of man through the retelling of the creation story, he displays that man has the choice to choose good. Just

they end up eventually meeting and co-existing in the Salinas Valley in California. East of Eden has many parallels with the story of Adam and Eve 's sons, Cain and Abel. This is an example of Steinbeck using parallels and comparisons of real-life occurences to help illustrate his story and message. But the two books I 'd like to focus on in this paper are Of Mice and Men, and Grapes of Wrath. Steinbeck was born on February 7, 1902 in Salinas California. He was the third child of John Steinbeck

John Ernst Steinbeck was born in 1902 the third child of four to John and Olive Steinbeck. John Sr. was an accountant that supported the family and Olive stayed home and took care of the children. The Steinbeck Family lived in the Salinas Valley in Central California near the coast. We can see throughout John’s entire life the roots of his books and philosophy coming from the migrant farming town on the coast of central California(BBC John). John’s mother was very strict and made sure that every

story ‘’The Chrysanthemums’’ was published in 1937 by John Steinbeck. He is most known for writing ‘’Of Mice and Men’’. Most of his writings have the common themes of loneliness and isolation. John Steinbeck likes to write about people living in Salinas during the 1930s. ‘’The Chrysanthemums’’ also took place during The Great Depression. It was set in a foothill ranch in the 1930s. The author creates a cold, dull, closed-off environment of Elisa and her husband, Henry Allen. Her mannerisms and words

First Entry: Page 15 “Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don’t belong no place. . . . With us it ain’t like that. We got a future. We got somebody to talk to that gives a damn about us. We don’t have to sit in no bar room blowin’ in our jack jus’ because we got no place else to go. If them other guys gets in jail they can rot for all anybody gives a damn. But not us.” Before George and Lennie got to the Ranch they stop and camp out

Religion is a central theme in John Steinbeck’s East of Eden. Religion constantly appears through the similarities between the Cain and Abel story, the Hebrew word timshel, and the presence of God and Fate in the novel. Throughout the book, the characters struggle with the ideas of good and evil, and choice and freewill. As the story unfolds and progresses, we see the characters deal with these things with religion being the base and the root that the book lays upon. The biblical story of Cain and

I. SUBJECT John Steinbeck’s East of Eden centers on the Trask and Hamilton families in the year 1902 in the Salinas Valley, California. After growing up in Connecticut alongside his brother Charles under the harsh parenting and rejection of his father, Adam Trask seeks to find happiness and peace. He vows to be a better man than his father and feels the rolling valleys of California calling him. One night, Cathy Ames crawls onto the doorstep of Adam and Charles’ home after her boyfriend attempted