Often in literature there is a certain motivation to control through female sexuality. These desires are used to stimulate a woman's sense of power over a man to dominate, manipulate and destroy. Others are eaten alive by the control it takes over them. Some become addicted to sex and don't know how to interact with men without giving up. The novels East of Eden and The Color Purple feature A Streetcar Named Desire and the story "Where are you going, where have you been?" all demonstrate characters who are influenced by the incentive. Cathy from Eden and Shug Avery from The Color Purple both display leadership roles through their sexuality. They have the power they crave and can manipulate others with what they do. Blanche DuBois from Streetcar and Connie from “Where are You Going…” are two characters who succumb to the feeling of needing to be accepted. They find it easy to give in to sex to get the respect they think they will get. The truth, however, is that no one can respect someone who doesn't respect themselves enough to not be promiscuous. Women's sexual promiscuity has been scorned throughout history, in and out of literature, but in the case of Cathy Ames, it made it superior. In Steinbeck's novel about the battle of good versus evil, as a young girl, her mother finds Cathy in her stable being fondled by a couple of boys older than her. She also seduces her teacher and drives him to commit suicide, due to the emptiness he feels when she refuses to marry him. At an early age she realizes that she can control men, easily, and continues with this for the rest of the novel (Steinbeck). He is a self-centered character determined to do what... in the middle of paper...... the better.Works CitedBookRags Editors, The Color Purple Book Notes Summary. 2009, June 3, 2010. "Blanch DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire." Shmoop Beta. 2010. June 3, 2010 .Dylan, Bob. “(It's all over now) Baby Blue.” Bring everything back home. Columbia, 1965. Kurkowski, Clifford J.. A Psychological Analysis of Connie. June 3, 2010 .SparkNotes Editors. "SparkNote on the color purple." SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2003. Web. 2 June 2010. .SparkNotes Editors. “SparkNote on the Valley of Eden.” SparkNotes.com. SparkNotes LLC. 2003. Web. 2 June 2010. .Awakening, Solomon. Web diary. 2008. 3 June 2010 .