ORAL PRESENTATION

FRAGMENT OF EAST OF EDEN

Charles' face was desolate. His voice dropped so that Adam had to
lean close to hear. It was as toneless as a report. ‘Our father went
into the Union army in June,1862. He had three month’s training
here in this state. That makes it September. He marched south.
October twelfth he was hit in the leg and sent to the hospital. He
came home in January.’
‘I don’t see what you’re getting at.’
Charles’ words were thin and sallow. ‘He was not at
Chancellorsville. He was not at Gettysburg or the Wilderness or
Richmond or Appomattox.’
‘How do you know?’
‘His discharge. It came down with his other papers.’
Adam sighed deeply In his chest, like beating fists, was a surge of
joy. He shook his head in almost disbelief.
Theme: Cyrus lies
Topic: Charles and Adam
discovered that all war stories
were fake.
Purpose: it compares the pass of
the original sin with the pass of
this heritance.
Mood: calmed, but starting an excitement.
Tone: serious.
Setting: Charles’ house.
Situation: Charles show Adam his
discoveries.
Speaker: Steinbeck is the narrator, Charles
and Adam.
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This fragment is very relevant to the
story because it reveals that all that
Cyrus did in his life wasn’t real, so
the Trask brothers since that point,
were preparing to start a new life, full
of good and bad experiences
following some steps done by Cain
and Abel.