John Steinbeck East Of Eden Analysis

When one writes a piece of literature with the ability of choosing what to write, one is unable to prevent putting their own self into it. Depending on how well the person knows he or herself, with experiences that are unique or even relatable will determine how well their piece will impact the world. One does not want to read textbooks that are all factual, unless forced too, they want to read stories within a event. The interest goes deeper than just the surface, we may not realize it, but we crave for information. We tend to want to know more than we need or should, but that curiosity drives us to places we wouldn’t expect to find ourselves. Whether the place is good or bad, we are to deal with it the best we can. John Steinbeck capitalizes
Steinbeck was able to develop his characters in such a way that for them to simply be there affected all characters around them. They all started apart, clueless of how life would turn out, other than simply the target they had in mind. At the beginning, it all depended on the parents; kids either loved them or repelled them like two opposing magnets. Between the three generations within each family, the second is what we see most of; their whole life span is put out into the open for us to judge. We criticize their choices in childhood all the way to the end and blame them for what happens to their kids. Steinbeck’s Cannery Row develops characters, but not so far back, not so far forward, simply what was happening in the present. In it’s comedic stature we were able to relax; there wasn’t enough worry to create too much stress other than a single issue. By being in a small town, the number of characters didn’t affect the plot too much by using pages on describing every character. In this book, Steinbeck takes a different approach, he gets right into the plot, developing and introducing characters as the story