East Of Eden

East of Eden
This story focuses on the period between the American Civil War and World War I, this book shows two generations of brothers’ symbolizing the eternal battle between good and evil. Thefirst generation consists of the placid Adam Trask and his hot-tempered brother Charles, and the second generation is composed of Adam's sons, Aron and his brother, (he usually gets angry fast) Cal.The story begins in Salinas Valley, when the writer, influenced by the story of Cain and Abel, write this book. He tells the story of his Irish grandparents, Samuel and Liza Hamilton, who lived in theSalinas Valley, where they meet the Trask family.
The first part of this book shows the first generation of Trask brothers, Adam and Charles, and Adam's wife, Cathy Ames,-in the second part of thebook she is called by "Kate"-. Cyrus Trask, the one-legged, the bad father, commits the "original sin" that is the begin of everything in the novel. Cyrus loves his son Adam more than his other son,Charles, and favors Adam's gift of a puppy over Charles's gift of an expensive knife. Blind by jealousy, Charles brutaly hits his brother. Cyrus also lies about his Civil War achievements to win animportant job on Washington D.C. Through his corrupt financial dealings, he is able to leave his sons an heredity of $100,000, which Adam finds out about when he returns from the army. Meanwhile, the mostevil person in the book, Cathy Ames, kills her parents by setting fire to their home, creating a burning. She then becomes the mistress of Mr. Edwards, who manage a group of prostitutes. Adam marriesCathy soon after she leaved, near-dead from a beating suffered at the hands of Edwards. Together, they move to Salinas, where they employ the Chinese-American Lee as a cook and housekeeper, and getto know the loved Samuel Hamilton, who teachs and guides Adam. In Salinas, Cathy gives birth to twin sons, Aron and Cal, and she returns immediately to she old job: The prostitution, but only after...