Chunk Number (((7 X 4)/(2))-10)=4 of East of Eden

Once Adam returns from his old regiment to the farm, there is a shift in hostility between him and Charles. There is a tremendous change in character superiority, which Steinbeck notes clearly portrays. However, prior to that encounter, Cyrus dies and leaves his children an equal worth of money in his will. Apparently, they each inherit $50,000, however, Charles questions the validity of his father's sudden wealth. Adam insist that they travel to California to pursue a better life.
Furthermore, Steinbeck introduces the audience to a different character, whose behavior seems to contrast the emotional intensity of the first 7 chapters. In chapter 8 we meet Cathy Ames, whose schoolgirl behavior shocks the reader from her promiscuous actions. She develops plots that lead to the punishment of mainly men, that after pursuing their sexual pleasures with her, makes them seem guilty over her innocence. However, after another relationship that leads to the death of her Latin teacher, she murders her parents by burning them in their house, who had prohibited her from moving to Boston. She eventually travels to New England, and joins a prostitution ring, where she changes her name to Catherine Amesbury. She is involved in a manipulative relationship with Mr.Edwards, and ends up in the Trask farm. Charles and Adam remain unresponsive to each, since Adam doesn't cooperate with Charles insisted labor to farm, before Catherine arrives.

Is Charles younger anger toward his brother appear more clear now?