So I’m 75% through East of Eden and have finished LD and Streets of Laredo. It has really struck me how both of these writers seem to let the reader know almost as an aside, that characters who we have had had some relationship with, have died. It’s not a criticism, it’s purely an observation. And I actually don’t know how I feel about it. For example: SPOILER east of eden charles dying in E of E is by letter, Adam and Charles’s father is just that he’s died
in Streets of Laredo SPOILER Newt is dead through a horse accident
I’d be interested to hear what others think. Like I said, it’s not a criticism, it just struck me how similar both writers handle this
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