John Steinbeck's East of Eden vividly describes (in its first 25 pages) the major setting of the novel, which is the Salinas Valley in Northern California. He also introduces us to the two major families in the story: the Hamiltons and the Trasks. Samuel Hamilton is an Irish immigrant coming to the United States with his wife Liza. Both are educated and hard-working people, and their lives are eventually entwined with the Trasks, particularly Adam Trask. Adam comes from a strict, orderly military family, and his father, Cyrus, takes great pride in that. However, when Adam's mother drowns herself in a puddle, Cyrus gets re-married and Adam gets a new brother: Charles. As both boys age, their relationship because very cometitive and tense, resulting in the separation of the brothers (Adam is enlisted in the army and Charles remains at the farm).
Question: Does sibling rivalry happen as a result of how the children are raised or is it a mental issue?
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its a mental issue!! mental i tell you!!! well i think its half and half, it can also how diferently parrents treat the children :D:D
It is almost solely the way the siblings were raised. All children require attention and love from their parents in order to grow happily. In the Trask brothers case, Adam received more love than Charles, so naturally, Charles would be angry.
I just think it's a problem of the individuals involved.
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