In East Of Eden, a main theme displayed is the freedom to overcome evil in the world. The Hebrew word Lee uses to convince Cal to overcome sin is timshel, which means freedom of choice. The word timshel translates to “you can” and is used by God in the story of Cain and Abel telling Cain that he has the opportunity to overcome sin. Free will does not come easily, but it will come if you are willing to fight for it. The protagonist, Adam, is depicted as being good compared to the other characters in the book and film. In the story, Adam makes moral decisions when situations arise and his son, Cal, offers him dishonest money. Adam tells Cal it's "bad money" and he needs to return it. He wanted nothing to do with it. This brings up the idea of ​​timshel, Adam has free will in this case. Adam is able to overcome sin and reject money that he knows was received unjustly in the eyes of those who had worked for it and taken from them. At the end of the story, Adam is paralyzed and depends on nurses to care for him. Being paralyzed can symbolize the evil in the world and the idea that one is incapable of doing things for oneself. This is another representation of how Adam is able to free himself from evil and overcome sin. Cathy, who is Adam's ex-wife and Aron and Cal's mother, is presented as villainous in the role she plays in the story. In the book, he introduces her in the story explaining why she is considered evil. I believe there are monsters born into the world to human parents. Some are visible, misshapen and horrible, with enormous heads or tiny bodies. . . . And just as there are physical monsters, can't mental or psychic monsters be born? The face and body may be... middle of paper... and decides to favor it. In the movie where Cal gives his father money for his birthday and he refuses it, Adam is happier to hear the news that Aron is engaged. He tells her that there is no other gift he would rather receive than hearing this news. Aron is only able to see the good in the world and when he sees his mother Cathy, it demonstrates that he is incapable of handling the evil in the world. Aron is unable to understand the idea of ​​free will because he is not even willing to confront evil. In East Of Eden, everyone technically has free will, but it's the one who strives for it and refuses to surrender. All the characters seem to know where they stand with this idea, except Cal. He wonders if he should be classified as good or bad. Ultimately, Cal recognizes the idea of ​​free will and uses his moral decisions for good..