...In John Steinbeck’s novel East of Eden, there is a reoccurring theme of good v evil that appears in all of the characters in this novel. Steinbeck believes that the story of good v evil is the only story in this world that all people struggle with and have to come to a conclusion about. All people will be faced with the final questions; was their life good or bad? Will people remember them as a good person or a bad person? Will their legacy live on or die with them? This struggle is fought by every generation who has to face the same ancient questions time and time again. Steinbeck believes that humans never have and never will learn from the past and overcome this but will continue to fight this battle for all eternity. The theme of good v evil is not of them as polar opposites but as the struggle between them. Every character in this novel struggles with this but some of them give up and decide to go completely one way or another. “But the Hebrew word, the word timshel— ‘Thou mayest’— that gives a choice. It might be the most important word in the world. That says the way is open. That throws it right back on man. For if ‘Thou mayest’— it is also true that ‘Thou mayest not’” (Steinbeck 303). All the characters in this novel that believe in thou mayest struggle the most with good and evil because they know there is a choice and they can choose to go one way or the other. They do not just have to go one way because they think it is in their genes or because they are being pushed...
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...Lee was the most stable character in East of Eden, it is difficult to explain how he was swayed or pulled by the forces of good and evil. There was certainly both good surrounding him and evil surrounding him, but Lee was such a genuine person, that there is no telling how exactly these forces acted upon him. Lee was always a servant to Adam, who views himself as inherently good, actually imposed the most wrongdoings out of all the characters (besides Cathy). Cathy really did not phase Lee or try to pull him in any directions because she, described by the narrator, was a “monster” who “was not like other people,” (72). Lee had acknowledged that there was something amiss about Cathy when he spoke with Samuel Hamilton, but Cathy only affected his life through those around him. The fact that she abandoned Adam and the twins forced Lee to take on the role of not only the twins mother, but their father as well. Adam is the type of man who brings others down with him and while he was never able to bring Lee down, it is obvious that Lee feels slightly used, despite his being a servant, “’I’ll lay aside my Oriental manner. I’m getting old and cantankerous. I am growing impatient. Haven’t you heard of all Chinese servants that when they get old they remain loyal but they turn mean?’” (373). Lee had always offered up his advice for Adam on the whim and by the beginning of their elderly years, Lee seems to become colder and less willing to coddle those around him. Adam Trask is by no means...
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...Shaun C. O’Malley Sociology 310 M&F Novel Analysis East of Eden I must admit that I was not happy when I saw that I had to do a book report. When given the list of books to read, I thought to myself just clothes your eyes, point, and which ever one your finger is on you will read. that finger of mine landed on East of Eden, and wow did I luck out! This saga of two families the Trask family in Connecticut and the Hamilton family in California. This saga of two brothers, Charles and Adam Trask, then Cal and Aron Trask in the next generation. This saga of families and friends, Samuel Hamilton, his wife, his children Will, Olive, Tom and Dessie Hamilton, as well as Lee the Chinese American friend and caretaker of Adam Trask and his sons, did not disappoint. The oldest stories are retold in East of Eden, good versus evil and brother versus brother. There is racism, violence, blindness, betrayal, and deceit. There is love, father to son, brother to brother, man and woman, and friend to friend. The characters are complex no one is totally good or absolutely evil, even Cathy has a human layer. East of Eden is the biblical Cain and Abel story replayed. The conflict of brothers is powerful in both generations. The book begins by describing Samuel and his family living in Salinas Valley. After describing Samuel and his family, we are introduced to the Trask family namely the father of the family Cyrus Trask, who was an army veteran. His wife died after his first child named...
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...“Consciously at times, unconsciously at others, we search for ways to reclaim our loss (of Eden)” (3). Central Park, palm trees planted along the side of the road in Miami, and the garden behind your house all have one thing in common: they were made for the same purpose, to reinvent Eden. You may not realize as you are weeding your garden or strolling through Central Park that you are subconsciously part of a movement to bring back the world to an ideal Eden like state. You can see examples of it anywhere you turn, man using technology to turn ‘wilderness’ into a structured haven in which society can live happily. When Eve ate the apple and she and Adam were forced to live in the untamed world we call home today God told man to dominate over nature. Some people have taken this literally, but some have derived a different meaning from the statement. Many people think that we must firmly control all aspects of nature, plants and animals alike. They believe that all ‘wilderness’ must be stripped away and order must be restored to the land. Others feel that we need an almost sheppard-like approach to nature. As a sheppard watches over, guides, and protects his sheep we must preserve nature and its natural beauty. They believe that nature itself is Eden and we must make ourselves one with nature in order to return to Eden. No matter what the individual believes the end goal is the same, the reinvention of Eden. A specific example of this would be to look at the Bryant University campus....
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...Daniel Barton October 27, 2014 Religious Literature Transient and Permanent Qualities in East of Eden: The Relationship Between Good and Evil Torben Grodal talked of art film as possessing two basic elements, transient and permanent, but they are also seen in the novel East of Eden. Steinbeck creates scenes that at first have a transient quality, and then purposefully connects to a permanent nature. These permanent qualities, grappled with by the Trask’s and Lee, examine the never ending battle between good and evil. In the novel East of Eden, John Steinbeck constructs scenes that have an initial transient quality, but then persistently associates these with a permanent nature that examines the conflict between good and evil. Steinbeck portrays Cathy as a very evil character, someone who is just inexplicably evil and makes several allusions to her being a monster and devil. When first introducing the reader to Cathy, Steinbeck writes about the creation of monsters, an obvious parallel. He goes on to say that, “monsters are variations from the accepted normal to a greater or a less degree. As a child may be born without an arm, so one may be born without kindness or the potential of conscience” (72). He wastes no time in comparing a monster to Cathy. He believes that Cathy is not an ordinary evil either, but that she is a very abstract form of evil, the exact idea of evil and that she has no good in her body. Steinbeck does not only believe that Cathy is a monster, but...
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...“But the Hebrew word timshel—'Thou mayest'—that gives a choice. For if 'Thou mayest'—it is also true that 'Thou mayest not.' That makes a man great and that gives him stature with the gods, for in his weakness and his filth and his murder of his brother he has still the great choice. He can choose his course and fight it through and win.” -Lee (chapter 24) Lee has a huge role in the novel East of Eden, as he plays the maternal role for the boys, the loyal philosophic friend for Adam, and a major character for the novel. In the Trask house Lee is portrayed as nothing more than a low class servant, but as we look further into the novel we see the impact Lee had on everyone. For example, he was responsible for keeping the Trask family together. His interpretation of timshel, thou mayest, is an evident theme throughout the novel. He believes that one has the right of choosing between the two paths of right and wrong. Throughout, we watch as some characters fall into the path of evil while others take the other route of good. The Trasks grow closer to Lee and it becomes without him the family would crumble apart as he took over the role of father figure. Lee is the most important character of the novel because he serves to embody and epitomize the concept of timshel, bringing it out from each of the other characters. Lee was portrayed as stereotypical Chinese servant, he wore a que, traditional clothing, and spoke with a heavy Chinese accent. He lived in Salinas in about the...
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...Eden Bay Assignment 1. I think that a strategic plan would help Eden bay, because if they had one everyone would be on the same page and understand what goals they have set and what needs to be done to achieve those goals. When it comes a mission statement I don't think they are really that important, and it wouldn't help improve their current situation. A mission statement is usually just a plain statement like: “we are here to provide the best service to the customers” I think the employees already understand that and putting one in place wouldn't change anything. Mission Statement: To provide well maintained/repaired vehicles to the departments of Eden bay for use of all employees to “To provide the highest quality of life through essential infrastructure, public safety, recreation, and welcoming growth within the constraints of fiscally responsible government.”(City of pullman washington’s mission statement) 2. SWOT ANALYSIS Strengths: some strengths are they have dedicated workers, Weaknesses: Some of their weaknesses are that it is hard to pull up past records of vehicles, there's too many labor codes, employee who made the “spreadsheet” system does not work...
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...Naufragios- Ch. VIII-fin La obra * Podemos ver figuras de la Biblia en muchos de los cuentos y cómo escribe sus cuentos, es similar a la Biblia * Dos elementos de descubrimiento: el fracaso del cuerpo español ( CH 10) y un cuento etnográfico de los indígenas (Ch. 24-26) * Un texto hibrido de la literatura y historia Personajes * Alonso del Castillo- un medico temeroso, “creía que sus pecados habían de estorbar que no todos veces sucediese bien el curar”(Ch.22, 157) * Estebanico- el moro, muchas veces Vaca refiere como el negro (pg. 158, 151) * Dorantes * Todos los hombres viajan juntos al México después de escaparse de algunos indígenas (Ch. 20) * El Gobernador- el líder del viaje, fracaso en Ch. 10 Temas * La fragmentación del cuerpo español * “Me respondió que ya no era el tiempo de mandar unos a otros; que cada uno hiciese lo que mejor le pareciese que era para salvar vida”(CH 10, 114) * Cambio en la narración aquí, nosotros a yo * “Yo” representa que el está encargo * Los Distintos “Yo” * Narrador fiel * Narra la información geográfica y etnográfica a la Corona * Testigo de los activos de los Indios * La posibilidad de evangelizarlos * Disidente * Parte 1 * Desnudo * Los españoles están en la posición de los Indios, similar a la descripción de los indígenas que Colon y Cortes describieron * “los más desnudos”(Ch...
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...BERNARDA QUOTES & ANALYSIS Temas | Opresión | * Act 1 p11 – ‘este maldito pueblo sin río, pueblo de pozos, donde siempre bebe el agua con el miedo de que este envenenada’ – BA. beber el agua = metaphor for doing something relacionado al sexo or against rules of society/oppression? so when you ‘beber el agua’ it will be ‘envenenada’ ie you will be punished, people will gossip about it etc * Act 1 p12 – ‘en ocho años que dure el luto no ha de entrar en esta casa el viento de la calle.’ – BA: tradición, opresión * Act 1 p 17 – ‘no ha tenido novio ninguna, ni les hace falta’ – BA doesnt want daughters to have boyfriends. Oppresses them. * Act1 p28 – ‘hasta que salga de este casa con los pies adelante mandaré en lo mío y en lo vuestro’ – BA saying she will order them around * Act 2 p13 – ‘Ésas están mejor que vosotras. ¡Siqiuera allí se ríe y se oyen porrozas! – La P compares other family with Bernardas, other family arent oppressed, you can hear them laughing * Act 2 p28 – ‘Tú no tienes derecho más que a obedecer’ – BA to Angustias * Act 3 p11 – ‘Tus hijas están y viven como metidas en alacenas’ – la P to BA * Act 3 P24 – ‘Yo no quiero llantos’ BA – supresses feelings of daughters. | (Lucha por) la libertad | * Act 1 p 11- ‘Abanico redondo con flores rojas y verdes’ – representa la libertad (+ envidia?). flores significa la libertad y la fertilidad. Adela’s expression of her rebelliousness & her wish for freedom * aCt 1 p21 – ‘Se ha puesto el traje...
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...There have been many incidents in the past week regarding social media and the negative effect it has had on our society. We as a society should all know what precautions we are taking once we press that ‘sign up button’’. By now after hearing all of the incidents that have taken place on social networking websites and apps, we should think to ourselves that “is it really worth taking the risk of putting yourself and your family in danger for a little bit of satisfaction, to know what the people surrounding you are currently doing? Whilst you’re on social media you should avoid the people you don’t know? You should try and limit how much information you have on your profile as well as knowing if something seems too good to be true then it’s not going to be real... In today’s society predators need to know that were not all stupid who will fall for their deceiving tricks? You have to work on your way around being fooled by random people that add you, random people that compliment you and most of all random people that claim to know you or your family! The dangers are increasing highly as recently as 12 year old girl was deceived by a 34 year old man who had met up with her and molested her. I’m not just talking to kids and teenagers here? I’m talking to the adults as well because at the end of the day let’s face the facts were not all perfect are we? If we all learn about the dangers of being bullied over social media or being threatened maybe it won’t have such a strong...
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...Eden Organic Foods Introduction describing your selected organization and scenario Eden Organic was founded by Ann Arbor in the 1960s with the help of friends sourcing natural food. At the time, this organization was founded organic all nature foods were a rarity and hardly available, so Eden food co-op was started as a way to make these healthy alternative more readily available. Eden co-op grew into a nature food store from its first initial $200 order to Erewhon in Boston and Chico-san in California, which lead co-op members to travel to local farms going door to door to find framers to grow foods using all nature organic methods. Eden organic grew to offer whole grains, beans, soy foods, cereals, vegetable oils, seed, miso, nut butter and more. As more demand for Eden products materialized, the brand began to develop as more and more consumers and store took interest in the organic food Eden had to offer. In 1972 Eden organic was available to open its first warehouse and within that same year, established a relation with artisan Japanese traditional food makers along with the imports of many of its products and becoming the best nature food company in United States and Canada (Eden Foods, 2011.) As the oldest natural and organic food company in North American and the largest independent manufacture of dry organic foods, Eden organic is looking into new ways to enhance its existing products and services to meets it customers expanding needs. Eden organics...
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...Andrenekia Milhouse September 10, 2015 System Analysis and Design The town of Eden Bay owns and maintains a fleet of vehicles. You are a systems analyst reporting to Dawn, the town’s IT manager. Background Eden Bay is a medium-sized municipality. The town has grown rapidly, and so has the demand for town services. Eden Bay currently owns 90 vehicles, which the town’s equipment department maintains. The fleet includes police cars, sanitation trucks, fire trucks, and other vehicles assigned to town employees. The maintenance budget has risen sharply in recent years, and people are asking whether the town should continue to perform its own maintenance or outsource it to private firms. This morning, Dawn called you into her office to discuss the situation. A summary of her comments follows: Dawn (IT manager): When I came here two years ago, I was told that Eden Bay had a computerized information system for vehicle maintenance. What I found was a spreadsheet designed by a part-time employee as a quick answer to a complex problem. It’s probably better than no system at all, but what we really need is a new information system to meet our current and future needs. I want to develop a proposal for a new system. For now, let’s call it RAVE, which stands for Repair Analysis for Vehicular Equipment. I met with the town manager, the equipment department, and several maintenance employees to understand their needs and concerns. I want you to start by reading the interview summaries...
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...considered to be an evil person. In literature, however, fictional characters can be made out to be exactly how the author wants them to be, and they do not have to exhibit any human characteristics at all. Cathy is used in the novel East of Eden by John Steinbeck to portray the evil and inhumanity in people. Her character shows greed, lust, and darkness and the novel, and she represents the majority of the corruption in the novel as a whole. East of Eden is most widely known for being a biblical allusion. Cathy’s role in the allusion can be argued as two biblical figures: The Devil and Lilith. One common similarity shared between the devil and Cathy is having multiple faces or forms. According to the Bible, the Devil started in Heaven and then was sent to Earth as a serpent. When the serpent deceived Eve, he was damned to Hell and became known as Satan. Cathy follows a...
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...Interactions Among Populations in Ecosystems Open the following site: http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/interactives/ecology/index.php. Read the Overview and then proceed to the next page by clicking on “The Producers”. Continue through the exercise, running the simulations as instructed, recording your data on the tables provided and answering the questions for each section on your own paper. |The Producers: Step 1 | | | | |Plant A |Plant B | |Prediction: Ending | | | |Population Size | | | |Starting Population | | | |Ending | | | |Population | | | 1. What assumptions does this model make about co-dominance as well as the general terrain of the ecosystem? 2. Do you find one producer to be dominant? Why might one producer be dominant over another? |The Producers: Step 2 | | | | | |Plant A |Plant B |Herbivore A | |Prediction: Ending | | | | |Population Size | | | | |Starting Population | | | ...
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...Organizational Behaviour 5100 Section B EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Since its inception, Eden McCallum contracted independent consultants on a per‐project basis and managed to attract a growing number of clients by offering low costs and flexible arrangements. This particular business model attracted a diverse range of corporate clients and resulted in a steady growth for the firm over the years. In January 2009, the global economic downturn severely impacted the firm. As a result, the two founding partners must determine whether they want to continue growing and risk financial loss or cut costs and risk losing talented and hard‐earned partners. The core issue for Eden McCallum is that it has failed to restructure its business model in a weakening global environment. Furthermore, the root cause of the problems identified in this case is that the short‐term goals of the advisory board are not aligned with the long‐term goals of the founding partners, who are looking to expand. In order to tackle these problems, three alternatives have been identified and evaluated against a decision criteria. First, we considered having the partners forgo their own profit share compensation and apportion it out to the central staff members to show a sign of confidence in the sustainability of the firm. The second alternative entails cutting costs by laying off central staff members. Finally, the third alternative involves investing more resources into the company to ...
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