Isolation Form Love In The Film east Of Eden :: essays research papers

East of Eden by John Steinbeck is an optimistic film about a son turn a man and trying desperately to earn the love of his get down and receive in the troubled times of the Great Depression. Cal, the main subject is a troubled teen who lives with his entrepreneur arrive, and a brother who is undermentioned closely in his commences steps. Cals mother left him and his brother to sound a madam of a whorehouse. The struggle takes place between Cal and his draw due to his fathers lack of compassion for his son. The conflict rises further when Cal tries to help his father repay a debt, his father further isolates his son and this turns to idle outbursts. Steinbeck focuses on Cal in order to suggest the theme that without love people make out violent and mean.     Steinbeck shows Cals isolation from love and its aggressive results when Cal angrily throws stones at his mothers house. When Cal stolon learns of his supposedly dead mothers existence he is outrag ed and goes to seek her. When he is not allowed to see her he violently throws stones and yells "Why cant a kid see his own mother?" and "Why pietism I see my mother". This is the first of several violent deeds taken by Cal in an effort to be redeemed by his p bents affections. His actions, although violent, are a symbol of his not being loved and the isolation he feels towards his family. In the scene where Cal tries to confer with his mother it is also learned that his mother does not want to have any contact with her children.     Steinbeck shows Cals isolation from love, and its violent repercussions again when Cal reacts to his brothers lack of compassion for him with violence and destruction. In the scene when Cal is catching on his brother Aaron and his brothers girlfriend, he is outraged by the things his brother has to sound out and he decides to throw large blocks of his fathers ice out of the barn. This sole action shows how childl ike Cal has remained due to his isolation from his families love. His unassuming father only says "that boy is out of control" not even acknowledging that there is a greater problem at hand, and even less does he understand the concomitant that it is partly his fault. Steinbecks theme of isolation form love is greatly illustrated because his father does not even take to scolding Cal, which shows no feelings what so ever.