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~The East Side Story Team
~The East Side Story Team
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About the Book
East of Eden by John Steinbeck is a novel about love, sin, religion, family, and good vs. evil. Occuring over two whole generations, this novel includes the lives of the Trask family. Adam Trask, an agreeable yet placid brother to Charles, his reckless and more tempted brother, live through their lives finding out about about the pains of being sons and the pains of being men. The following generation, with Cal and Aron, both experience the same struggles. Cal ultimately breaks from the evil he was born into to became his own person.
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About the Movie
Directed by Elia Kazan, East of Eden the movie was released in 1955, starring James Dean, Julie Harris, Raymond Massey along with Burl Ives, Richard Davalosand Jo Van Fleet. The movie is based on the second half of the novel.
For those of you who missed it, check out Ayesha's photo recap. Also check out this New York Times movie review from 1955! Click the movie photo for more or you can also view the trailer below: |
Where's Salinas ValleySalinas Valley is located in Northern California on the way to Santa Cruz, right off the 101 Freeway. Unlike the novel, Salinas today is very much developed. The Trasks and Hamiltons would definitely be surprised by how much growth has occurred in this once farming town!
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