The Meaning Of Timshel In John Steinbeck's East Of Eden

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“Timshel” is a word, when translated, that means “thou mayest”. Those to words imply that we have a choice. We have a choice to live our life the way we want to live it, or by the rules of someone else. We have the choice to be kind to those that surround us, or the choice to act improper. In East of Eden by John Steinbeck, Lee tells Cal that he has a choice to either remain a good-hearted boy or he can act maliciously like his mother, Cathy. Cal doesn’t need to grow up and be like Cathy just because her blood runs through his veins, but he can if he wanted to. Good and evil surround us no matter where we go. We meet people that are good for us and people that are bad for us, meaning that there are those that help us prosper and those that

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