In East Of Eden, one of the main themes that is shown is the freedom to defeat evil in the world. The Hebrew word Lee uses to convince Cal to overcome sin is timshel, which means freedom of choice. The word timshel translates to “thou canst” and is used by God in the story of Cain and Abel who tells Cain that he has the opportunity to overcome sin. Free will doesn't come easily, but it will come if you have the will to fight for it. The protagonist, Adam, is depicted as good compared to the other characters in both the book and the film. In the story, Adam makes moral decisions when situations arise and he is offered dishonest money by his son, Cal. Adam tells Cal it's "evil money" and to return it. He wanted nothing to do with it. This leads to the idea of ​​Timshel, in this case Adam has free will. Adam is able to overcome sin and reject money which he knows was received unfairly in the eyes of those who had worked for the money and which was taken from him. At the end of the story Adam is paralyzed and dependent on the nurses to care for him. Being paralyzed can symbolize evil in the world and the idea of ​​not being able to do things on your own. This is another representation of how Adam is able to free himself from evil and overcome sin. Cathy, who is Adam's ex-wife and mother of Aron and Cal, is shown as evil in the role she plays in the story. In the book he introduces her into the story explaining why she is seen as evil. I believe there are monsters born into the world from human parents. Some you can see, deformed and hideous, with enormous heads or tiny bodies. . . . And just as there are physical monsters, can't mental or psychic monsters be born? The face and body can be... in the center of the card... and he decides to favor it. In the film, when Cal gives his father money for his birthday and he refuses it, Adam is happier to hear the news that Aron is engaged. She tells him that there is no other gift she would rather receive than hearing that news. Aron is only able to see the good in the world and when he sees his mother Cathy, it shows that he is unable to handle the bad in the world. Aron is unable to understand the idea of ​​free will because he is not even willing to face evil. In East Of Eden, everyone technically has free will, but it's those who fight for it and refuse to give up. All the characters seem to know where they stand with this idea, except Cal. He struggles with the idea of ​​whether to be classified as good or bad. Ultimately, Cal recognizes the idea of ​​free will and uses his moral decisions for good.