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{{quote|'' "If you want to give me a present, give me a good life. That's something I can value." '' |'''Adam Trask'''}}
A 1952 novel by [[
The novel concerns two families, the Trasks and the Hamiltons, who live in Salinas Valley, California. The Hamiltons, headed by patriarch Samuel Hamilton and wife Liza, initially settle into the valley with their nine kids. When the kids set out to seek their fortunes, the land is settled by the wealthy Adam Trask. The Trask family grows, adding a wife, Cathy, a [[Devil in Plain Sight]], and sons Cal and Aron. Just after the birth of the two sons, Cathy vanishes from their lives. Years later, the now-grown boys meet a girl named Abra, whose presence drives a wedge between the two.
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=== This work features examples of: ===
* [[Adam and
* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Director Elia Kazan decided to completely cut out the first two thirds of the book and just make the movie about the final third, which focuses on Adam's two sons as teenagers.
* [[Alice Allusion]]: ''[[
* [[Arc Words]]: ''{{spoiler|Timshel}}''.
* [[Asian Speekee Engrish]]: Thoroughly [[Subverted]] and [[Deconstructed]] with Lee's entire character.
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* [[Funny Foreigner]]: Lee pretends to be one of these.
* [[Generation Xerox]]
* [[Hooker
* [[Not Listening to Me, Are You?]]: As Sam reads Adam and Cathy a story, he throws in some nonsense lines. They fail to listen to them.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Lee, the Pidgin speaking Chinese cook, is actually the smartest character in the whole story.
* [[Parental Favoritism]]: Cyrus prefers Adam, and Adam {{spoiler|prefers Aron}}.
* [[Roman à Clef]]: the Hamilton sections are based heavily on Steinbeck's maternal family history.
* [[Self-Made Orphan]]: {{spoiler|Cathy, in one of the most chilling scenes in the book.}}
* [[Shout-Out]]: The title is taken from [[The Bible
* [[Sibling Triangle]]: {{spoiler|Cathy marries Adam, but sleeps with his brother Charles}}. Later, {{spoiler|Aron's girlfriend Abra transfers her affections to Cal}}.
* [[The Sociopath]]: Cathy.
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