East of Eden topic help please :D

jengoesup · 02-27-2006, 02:34 PM

OK I've gotta do a paper on East of Eden...I'm just having trouble coming up with a topic. Anyone got any ideas? Either literary analysis or comparing it to another book. If I were going to compare it to another work of literature it would most likely be Paradise Lost. If I did that, I'd have to read Paradise Lost (only read some of it) so not really a good idea.

Anyway, anyone got any ideas?

jengoesup · 02-28-2006, 01:15 PM

Oh come on some has to have read Steinbeck

RelientKFan7 · 02-28-2006, 02:40 PM

That is def. not one of my favorite books!!! You could compare it to the Bible???

jengoesup · 02-28-2006, 03:43 PM

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Originally Posted by RelientKFan7

That is def. not one of my favorite books!!! You could compare it to the Bible???

Well comparing to the Bible would be kind of a pointless English project. All I'd have to say is "see, Adam is Abel and Charles is Cain, and after Charles beats Adam up he gets Cain's mark, and Cyrus is God." And that would basically be my English paper (not including the obvious Adam & Eve parts). So...I'm looking for a something a little more indepth