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Adam Trask Analysis
An Interview With Adam Trask: East of Eden Today I will be interview Adam Trask from John Steinbeck’s bestseller East of Eden. East of Eden, of course, is the story of the Trask and Hamilton families who live in the United States from 1862 to 1918. The book is mostly about the Trask family starting when Adam and his brother Charles were kids and continuing until Aron, one of Adam’s twin boys, dies after going to war. Adam throughout the story tries to be kind and do the right thing although he is flawed and makes the same mistake as his father, loving one of his sons more than the other. Since all of main characters interact with Adam, he is the ideal character to interview in order to get a more personal insight to East of Eden.
MC: Hello Adam.
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AT: “ It made me a little crazy at first, but now I’m all right” (418). After Samuel’s funeral I actually when Kate’s prostitute house and I am glad I went. It gave me closure to see her again. I realised that I was never mad at her. In fact I pitied her. I hope she has found some peace in death.
MC: Do you believe that you repeated the sins of your father?
AT: To an extend I think I have. Charles believed that my father loved me over him, which lead him to a life of unfulfillment. The same has happened with my boys. Cal believes that I don’t love him as much as his brother. In that way I have failed. But in other ways I didn’t repeat his sins. I have never pretended to be someone that I am not like my father.
MC: What do you most regret in life?
AT: I regret that I indirectly killed my son, Aron. I wish that I would have shown my sons equal love. If Cal did not feel so unloved he would have never shown Aron his mother, which caused Aron to enlist in the war and die. Or maybe if I had told them about their mother earlier. Either way it is my fault.
MC: Well again thank you so much for time. It has been a pleasure to interview

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