Genesis Allegory
Where do we begin? This whole book is an allegory for the first few chapters of the Book of Genesis. Okay, so we should probably begin there, but first let's talk about why Steinbeck would go throu...
The Garden of Eden
Hey East Coasters: sorry to burst your bubble, but California = Eden. The streets are pretty much paved with produce, and you can't leave any seeds lying around because they might just burst into f...
Fathers and Sons
You'll notice the phrase daddy issues peppered throughout this learning guide. There are quite a few patriarchs in this novel—Cyrus, Adam, and Samuel—and in each case these characters stand in...
Cains and Abels
And last but definitely not least, we've got Cain-Abel action bursting the seams of this book. All of the other allegories revolve around this allegory. Why, you ask? As Samuel puts it,"Two stories...