I don’t have to be you” (Steinbeck 466). This brings a new perspective to the word Timshel. Timshel is the Hebrew word for ‘Thou mayest’ and according to Lee it means that man “’can choose his course and fight it through and win’”(Steinbeck 303). This manifests in Cal as Cal fights through life in order to make his course and become a good person. Cal fights against the currents which pull him towards naturally being like Cain and the character of Kate in the book. The choice between that natural evil and the fight for good is a reoccurring theme in East of Eden and Cal is the character in which this manifests in the
I don’t have to be you” (Steinbeck 466). This brings a new perspective to the word Timshel. Timshel is the Hebrew word for ‘Thou mayest’ and according to Lee it means that man “’can choose his course and fight it through and win’”(Steinbeck 303). This manifests in Cal as Cal fights through life in order to make his course and become a good person. Cal fights against the currents which pull him towards naturally being like Cain and the character of Kate in the book. The choice between that natural evil and the fight for good is a reoccurring theme in East of Eden and Cal is the character in which this manifests in the