Stern College for Women - Kochaviah Yearbook (New York, NY)

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♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ► o o ► % 1 o o o s i ► o s s o o ► o o ► o ► ► z % o ► o I I o % % o An analysis of John Steinbeck ' s retelling of the Cain and Abel story CAIN ' S CHOICE MIRIAM RESNIKOFF Brooklyn, N. Y. In his book, East of Eden, John Stein- beck wrestles with the theme of Good versus Evil, and man ' s power to choose between the two. The book is almost a parable of the story of Cain and Abel analyzed through modern psychology. Steinbeck sees this story as the history of all mankind. It starts with a feeling of rejection and subsequent deep-seated resentment and jealousy. These emotions are expressed in mean actions, which in turn cause guilt feelings. These aggravate the unhap- piness, and the cycle continues and grows. Each man is a potential Cain. Yet man is given the choice of control- ling this cycle and becoming master over Evil. Steinbeck derives this philosophy from G-d ' s choice of the word timshel which He says to Cain after He has ac- cepted Abel ' s offering and rejected his — thou mayest rule over evil. If Cain mends his way, his offering, too, will be accepted in the future. Steinbeck developes this philosoph) through the history of three generations of the Trask family, from a small farm in Connecticut to the sunnj Salinas Val- ley, from the Civil War to World War I. (in, Tra-k ' , two sons, Charles and .Adam, arc the first set of Cains and Abels. The father favors the latter; the mongrel dog daui offers him for his o o o o I o o I o o I o I birthday becomes his favorite pet, while the expensive pocket knife Charles gives him is put aside and never touched. Adam developes into a gentle, moral boy, while his brother is dark and moody. Once, in a jealous rage, he beats Adam and even attempts to kill him with an ax. It is significant that Charles carries a vivid scar on his forehead comparable to the sign that G-d left on Cain ' s fore- head after the murder of his brother. Another person who bears the scar of evil on the forehead is Cathy Trask, Adam ' s pretty wife. She is born with no heart, no feelings, no conscience. Her career consists of arson, patricide and matricide (when she is barely sixteen). She is a complete monster , as Stein- beck calls her. From these two people — Adam and Cathy Trask — twin sons are born. Aron is gold-haired, open-faced, inno- cent and completely good ; Cal is dark and secretive. Everyone likes the affec- tionate Aron immediately, but Cal seems to build a wall around himself. The story of these two boys, their offerings to their father and his rejection of Cat ' s, and Cal ' s subsequent symbolic murder . of his brother — all this brings the de- velopment of Steinbeck ' s ideas to its climax. The brothers prove that it is within man ' s power to he a Cain or an Abel. The cycle can be stopped. The decision is left to man himself. o t o o o t t o o o 4 O O o o o o o o o o o i i

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