East of Eden: Book / Movie Explanation John Steinbeck’s epic tale, East of Eden, is portrayed very accurately in Elia Kazan’s film adaptation of the novel. Though the screen adaptation of East of Eden is an excellent portrayal, one of the most probable reasons for deleting sections of the book were constraints of time and money. Apparently the director’s choices to delete certain sections of the book obviously did not affect the movie …showed first 75 words of 425 total…

…showed last 75 words of 425 total…the book, especially a book that is considered an epic and written by an author with such a high caliber as Steinbeck, but this is one of the few examples where there is an excellent effort and portrayal of all of the characters and of the central theme of the book. Supporting characters such as Lee, Sam Hamilton, Charles, and other background information would only have enhanced the film but were not essential. Word Count: 411