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Samuel Hamilton

Liza Hamilton

Hamilton Family Tree

  • Northern Ireland
  • Descended from ancient Irish kings
  • The son of small farmers
  • Honest, gay, charming, attractive
  • Seems immaculate in the business of ranching
  • No talent for making money
  • Good and gentle "hands"
  • Northern Ireland
  • "...tight hard little humor-less as a chicken" (p 9)
  • No spark of humor
  • Presbyterian
  • Strict life laws for herself
  • She had a small round head, button nose, and a hard-set back chin, wore her hair pulled back
  • Good cook
  • Strong sense of sin

DECEASED

Dessie Hamilton

Una Hamilton

Joe Hamilton

Will Hamilton

Tom Hamilton

Lizzie Hamilton

Molly Hamilton

George Hamilton

Olive Hamilton

  • Oldest of the Hamilton children
  • Youngest son
  • Attends Harvard University
  • Successful in advertising
  • Third oldest son
  • Opposite of Will
  • Accidentally kills Dessie
  • Commits suicide out of guilt
  • Youngest daughter
  • The "sweet one"
  • Marries and moves away
  • Second oldest Hamilton daughter
  • Moves away with husband, like Lizzie
  • Dies after move
  • Fourth oldest daughter
  • Goes to school and becomes a teacher
  • Married to Ernest Steinbeck
  • Mother of Steinbeck
  • Oldest daughter
  • Isolated from the Hamilton family
  • Lives with Husband and his family
  • Second oldest son
  • Inventive
  • Has means of making money for himself
  • Owns an automobile shop
  • Third oldest daughter
  • Runs a dressmaking shop
  • Valued for her personality
  • Happy, filled with laughter
  • Dies when Tom accidentally kills her

DECEASED

Alice Trask

Mrs. Trask

Cyrus Trask

  • "...pale, inside-herself woman" (p. 15)
  • Relied on religion
  • Ran the farm while Cyrus was at war
  • Sacrificed herself to God
  • Drown herself in a pond at midnight
  • Young farm woman
  • Deep-scrubber and corner-cleaner
  • Pale eyed, sallow complexion
  • Cared for Charles and Adam
  • Never spoke unless spoken to
  • Right leg was lost in the war
  • "...something of a devil..." (p. 14)
  • Wild by nature
  • Loves war and fighting
  • Pushed children into the army
  • Terrible father

Trask Family Tree

DECEASED

Charles Trask

Cathy Ames

Adam Trask

  • Strong, athletic and content
  • Violent, abusive, and cruel
  • Jealous of Adam at times
  • Issues with love from Cyrus
  • Cyrus won't let him join the army
  • Somewhat devilish, similar to Cyrus
  • Plays a Cain role
  • Born in Connecticut on a farm
  • Innocence and thoughtfulness causes him to be easily abused and face issues
  • Imaginative and has an urge for exploration and discovery
  • Was in the army
  • Plays an Abel Role
  • Extremely beautiful features
  • Defined as monstrous and devilish
  • Kills family in a house fire
  • Moves away and becomes a prostitute
  • Problematic and dramatic
  • Almost killed and later revived by Adam

DECEASED

Aaron Trask

Caleb Trask

  • Twin of Cathy and Charles
  • Paternal twin
  • Named out of the Bible
  • Captain
  • Resembles Charles
  • Goes by Cal
  • Son of Cathy and Charles
  • Paternal twin
  • Named out of the Bible
  • Never made it to the promised land
  • Resembles Adam
  • Goes by Aron
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