East of Eden: Chapters 13-15
How to Eat an Elephant: A Little Book Club for Large Books
April 1, 202549m 38s
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Show Notes
This week Ian, Emily, and Megan discuss Steinbeck's ideas about individualism. He wants to protect the rights of the individual over the collective at all costs, but what do we do about the "rugged individualism" of characters like Cathy? We also laugh about Olive's chapter and explore water imagery in the novel thus far.
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