East of Eden Part 2

The Theme of Good Vs. Evil

Throughout part two a reader could see the struggle faced between the ideas of good and evil - the idea of a man with morals and one without. It is even indebted in part one. In part two the story of Cain and Able is brought up - the story of a brother who struggles between being a good follower of god by producing a good gift and the evil of his jealousy. Cain's jealousy or the evil inside him takes over and sends him on the path of no return; he killed his brother because God favored Abel's gift over his. At the end of part two while engaged in the discussion of the story the idea of sin following humankind throughout centuries came to the light. "We are Cain's children," - the fruits from a tree of pure sin. (pg. 270)