1. Author: Jiří Novák

2. Contents  John Steinbeck  East of Eden – plot  Vocabulary  Quotations compared

3. John Steinbeck  1902 (Salinas, California) - 1968 (Tel Aviv)  Of Mice and Men (1937)  The Grapes of Wrath (1939)  East of Eden (1952)  Won Pulitzer and Nobel prize for literature

4. East of Eden – plot  Mostly set in Salinas Valley  End of 1 st WW  Plot -  Samuel Hamilton, Adam Trask in SV  Adam Trask’s history  Cathy Ames  Adam and Cathy in Salinas Valley  Caleb and Aaron  Salinas city

5. Vocabulary  vagrancy – tuláctví  to sentence s’one – odsoudit někoho  intention – záměr  rural – vesnický  supper - večeře

6. Qutations compared  Book of Genesis – “Cain is a "worker of the ground"; Abel is a "keeper of sheep"” (Gen. 4:2, ESV).  East of Eden, Charles and Adam – “Charles is a farmer who works diligently even after he inherits considerable wealth from his father, Cyrus.”  East of Eden, Caleb and Aron – “Caleb invests in bean crops. Aron vies to become a priest (who are commonly compared with shepherds).” http://www.youtube.com/user/RichardGaleFil ms?blend=23&ob=5#p/a/3E529A735D626B46/ 0/9VDvgL58h_Y

7. Pros and Cons  Penguin readers – easy to read and understand  Freely writes about war and social problems  Sometimes simplified too much  Flashbacks – sometimes difficult to understand context  References of the Bible and Christianity