![]() In other words this one story is the basis of all human neurosis-and if you take the fall along with it, you have the total of the psychic troubles that can happen to a human."Īccording to the Bible, Cain was the first murderer in history, committing a sin not only against God but against another human being because he felt unloved. ![]() In Journal of a Novel, Steinbeck writes: "As I went into the story more deeply I began to realize that without this story -or rather a sense of it-psychiatrists would have nothing to do. It was so important to Steinbeck that at one point he proposed to his publisher that the book be called Cain Sign. ![]() The story of Cain and Abel is essential for an understanding of East of Eden. ![]()
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