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East of Eden: An Interpretation Essay

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I. Cathy Ames – Cathy’s main motivation was her desperate and http://academic-writing-services674973.mystrikingly.com incessant need for money. This held true throughout most of the book; it was only at the very end of her life that she realized that she had been missing something her entire life. This is the reason she left everything that she had amassed to her youngest son, Aron. This act may have been a desperate attempt at making up for the love she was never privileged enough to have.
Cathy viewed herself as someone who could outwit most anyone she met — especially men. There were a few of those who she feared because she felt like their eyes could see into every one of her thoughts and emotions. Samuel Hamilton was one of these people, and so she despised him.
Whatever happened in Cathy at the end was responsible for her change in disposition. Her sudden “goodness� (if it can be called that) impelled her to leave everything she owned to Aron, her “good� son, and nothing to Cal, whom she felt was most like her in his devious personality and sinful motivation (from what she gathered of the few times they met).