East of Eden

1. East of Eden Intro to Steinbeck

2. STRUCTURE & STYLE • Third person limited omniscient (kinda…) • Seen through the eyes of a Hamilton descendent… • Four “sections” • Simple sentence structure • Lyrical sensory descriptions (see Ch. 1)

3. MOOD & TONE • Mood: overall feeling of work • Tense, fearful, angry, anxious • 30-31, 59 • Tone: author’s attitude/voice created by mood • Somber, depressed, frank, blunt • Dry humor, subtle understatment • 11, 43

4. SALINAS VALLEY

5. King City

6. Valley View

7. Valley View

8. GABILAN MOUNTAINS

9. Gabilan Mountains • “I remember that the Gabilan Mountains to the east of the valley were light gay mountains full of sun and loveliness and a kind of invitation, so that you wanted to climb into their warm foothills almost as you want to climb into the lap of a beloved mother.” (p. 3)

10. Santa Lucia Range

11. Santa Lucia Range • “The Santa Lucias stood up against the sky to the west and kept the valley from the open sea, and they were dark and brooding---unfriendly and dangerous. I have always found in myself a dread of west and a love of east.” (p. 3)

12. The Salinas River

13. The Salinas River

14. The Salinas River • “It was not a fine river at all, but it was the only one we had and so we boasted about it—how dangerous it was in a wet winter and how dry it was in a dry summer. You can boast about anything if it’s all you have. Maybe the less you have, the more you are required to boast.” (p. 4)

15. Flowers in Chapter 1 LUPIN POPPIES MUSTARD BUTTERCUPS INDIAN PAINTBRUSH HAREBELLS

17. JOHN STEINBECK’S LIFE • Born: February 27, 1902 in Salinas , CA • Father = John Steinbeck, Sr served as County Treasurer • Mother= Olive Hamilton was a former school teacher and fostered in him a love a reading and the written word. • Maternal grandparents were Sam and Liza Hamilton from the novel.

18. STEINBECK’S LIFE • Studied at Stanford but never graduated. • Learned about his subjects by working on local ranches, hanging out with migrant workers, studying the way people talked

19. STEINBECK’S LIFE • Cup of Gold was first novel (written in Lake Tahoe) • First critical success was Tortilla Flat • Most famous work was Grapes of Wrath • Pulitzer Prize-winner portrayed ugly side of capitalism

20. STEINBECK’S LIFE • He was a very private man with a deep love and admiration for the downtrodden. • His works reflect his social conscience. • Married three times (one wife may be portrayed in “Cathy”)

21. East of Eden (1952) • Wrote this for his sons (tell heritage) • Considered it his greatest work • Made into a movie • Most autobiographical novel

23. Died in 1968-buried in Salinas

24. Journey of a Novel “In East of Eden, I will tell the greatest story of all—of good and evil, strength and weakness, of love and hate, of beauty and ugliness. I shall try to demonstrate how these doubles are inseparable—how neither can exist without the other and how out of their groupings creativity is born.” John Steinbeck

25. REVIEW HOMEWORK: • Track examples of happiness • w/a group of 3-4, sketch assigned character on board • Include a quotation (page #) for support • Also note examples of “good” and “evil” (Hobbes v. Rousseau) • Add to sketch with quotations/page numbers