East of Eden PLOT SUMMARY & Analysis / John Steinbeck
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- A plot summary of East of Eden, by John Steinbeck. Including the main characters and themes of the novel.
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My favorite part is Samuels friendship with Lee. They both talk long on philosophy. Both are good men with honest souls. Who do they represent in this case? These two characters are the only characters in the book that have no evil. I’d be happy to hear your thoughts.
Adam has no evil
@@georgesturdy7040 I disagree. Early in the book Adam steals after escaping his jail sentence. I think the closest comparison for Samuel would be Marcus Aurelius (the purest of them all). Lee also steals the book Meditations from Samuel which was written by Marcus.
This is simply the best book I have ever read and Steinbeck is the best story teller in literature
Who else hasn’t read the book! ✋🏼🤚🏼
in all seriousness, thank you, it helped me review the book and get ready for the test.
Yay! That was my exact goal with this video. Glad to help!
Awww you’re missing out this book changed my life
I really enjoyed this summary. I just finished the audiobook of East of Eden and wanted to make sure I didn’t miss any detail. Thank you
Same :)
Great summary, thank you!
Thanks for saying so
Deserves much more views. Vetrimaaran fans assemble after Galattta plus masterclass
For some reason I really enjoy psycho female characters.
Greatly Explained
A great book but in my opinion not as good as Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. East of Eden is basically a Cain and Abel deritative and that biblical story is brought up in the book on several occasions. But the ultimate evil person in this book is Catherine\Katy, an amoral woemn who seeks to be rich and believes everyone is uncaring and selfish in the end. That is until she meets Aaron, her son, for the first time. I like The Grapes of Wrath over East of Eden because East of Eden seems a bit disjointed at time. It spends the first 1/3 to 1/2 of the book talking about various things outside the story, such as discussing the Hamilton family in detail. We only get to know a few of them in great detail in the actual story. The only reason why the family is discussed in detail is to show how close and happy the family is. Then in the second half of the book we start to see some of them before they die off. That is not to say this book is boring or hard to read. It is different than the typical book but it is still interesting nonetheless and I enjoyed reading it Thanks for the summary.
I liked this one more than Grapes of Wrath (though, I suspect that's because I was forced to read Grapes of Wrath for school, but I picked up East of Eden on my own)
Grapes of Wrath was ok, but Eden was masterful. I rarely read long books more than once. This one I read several times. The depth can not be captured in film. It's three generations of conflict each reflecting timeless biblical narratives that haunt modern humanity to this day. This is a good summary of the book and one of my happiest days was yesterday when my daughter finished reading it. It's heavy and I've kept this book close to me for years. The wisdom is rife in this one and Steinbeck hit it out the park. It speaks on all human struggle and in doing so our resolution of the struggle. If you can read this book, and cherish it.
Thanks for sharing your love of this book
Kate was the best because she was a great business woman and she was good with people. 👍
This comment made me genuinely laugh out loud
Some might say the burning of ones parents alive would be a sign of being bad with people. I, like you, disagree :)
@@robmurray33 We can find faults in everyone if we look close enough.
Great work!
Great Review!
When I suggest the book (as it’s a favorite of mine), I share with people it’s a deep look into Generational Legacy with an in-depth look at favoritism and how it effects the human heart for evil & good. The book resonates with our very own soul on our own choices we make and how they effect others.
One brother beats his brother up and when the father sees the son was beat up by his brother the father asks why he did it, when the beaten son stays silent, the father threatens him asking why and then the beaten son reveals it’s because he thinks you don’t love him…😢
Below is my favorite part, because Steinbeck has deeply contemplated most likely through his own personal experience and comparing it to man’s philosophies and God’s life manual the Bible. Thou Mayest man shall triumph over sin,,, but God gives us free will to choose wisely between evil or good.
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East of Eden, John Steinbeck
I’ve had a complete picture of you...
Proud of it...
No one could call him a liar because mainly the lie was in his head...
And any truth coming from his mouth carried the color of the lie.
Quite early he could talk the talk and his conversations were quite convincing...
He developed to be an excellent conversationalist and story teller, he began to attract attention with the stories...his stories were intelligent and convincing
His private life was laced through with all this...
It was the children that really caught it...
When a child first catches adults out... when it first walks into it’s grave little head... that adults do not have divine intelligence... that their judgements not always wise, their thinking true, their sentences just...
His world falls into panic desolation, the Gods are fallen and all safety gone...
And there is one sure thing about the fall of God’s... they don’t fall a little... they crash or shatter deeply into green muck... it is a tedious job to build them up again... they never quite shine, and the child’s world is never quite whole again....it is an aching quite growing,,,
Steinbeck gives us amazing characters as examples that choose to be bitter or better…
What do you choose?
Interesting video. Yes
Great job Boo
For a six minute summary, this was insanely good
Great awesome. Make more please.
Thank you for saving me today from a big test in school lol
Yay!
great job
Thank you!
Was the 1981 miniseries with Jane Seymour accurate to the book?
Perfectly. It's available on CD.
The heavy breathing just really distracted me from listening
Im not trying to be mean!! So Im sorry if I came off that way
wspaniałe!
Omfg thx.
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Practice pacing
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Hi Chloe! I loved your review of this book and your thoughts on the book. I've just started a channel which is a first impressions look at books. I've just uploaded my own thoughts on East of Eden (th-cam.com/video/OOUW8V0pM1w/w-d-xo.html). I'd love to know whether you think Cathy is 'evil'? And whether such a thing exists in the book? I'd be stoked if you'd be able to view it. Keep up the great work!!!!
I think Cathy is definitely _evil_ . Though you could argue that some of the things that she does is more on the _amoral_ side, because she doesn't have malicious intent. I think her drive to be Top Dog, to dominate and control others, is evil.
I'll have to check yours out!
@@ChloeFrizzle I agree - only because I don't believe in 'evil'. 'Amoral' is the perfect definition.Hope you enjoy the pod. Here's the link: th-cam.com/video/OOUW8V0pM1w/w-d-xo.html
I don't think you did a good enough job explaining how slanted Lee's eyes were.
Hahahha, I didn't realize it was so plot relevant
Well... Thank You for your effort but IMHO it's too short; the plot alone, that you summarise very well, it's non enough even for a surface analysis. There are many things going in his book...
cathy was a girlboss tbh
Lol 😆
It could be a very nice video but you can hear all the breathing, swallowing and the sounds that the mouth makes when you speak so it's impossible to concentrate! You should buy something to muffle those sounds. Good luck!
I totally agree. I've gotten better with more recent videos at that
Jit green asff, the sounds aint even thst bad,I understood the whole thing.
The breathing was throwing me off so bad ! But still a good review
600 pages in 6 minutes? It's not even a summary, let alone an analysis. OMG, there's another video that does it in 1 minute 19 seconds.
Why are you breathing so hard.
Oxygen or something. Not quite sure, it's mostly autonomic.
Good summary but stop breathing so hard
This book is so boring!
Most definitely
@@ChloeFrizzle My mom made me read it and said that it’s a book my three siblings (2 brothers & 1 sister) have all read and is in their top three books. I’m here reading like “How is this book in their top three, so fucking boring!”
This book is awesome
@@ChloeFrizzleyou think this book is boring??? It’s one of my favorites of all time
I stopped paying attention cuz her fast paced breathing made me lose interest. Sorry