An Essay on the Pearl.

The Pearl Essay
Do you ever feel like you cannot do anything about something? Well, that is what Kino felt like in ‘The Pearl’ when the doctor would not help him with Coyotito’s scorpion sting. Different people have both positive and negative impacts on different communities. The doctor has both positive and negative impacts on Kino’s family. In addition to that, the doctor has a negative impact on the villagers. The doctor has a servant as well and the doctor has a bit of a negative impact on the servant.
The doctor has both positive and negative impacts on Kino's family. First, he gives an excuse to not help them with Coyotito's sting, and then later, he helps them because
Kino gets the pearl and the doctor then knows that he can get paid. You can tell that the doctor can be selfish and greedy and that he will not work without getting paid.
When the doctor goes to Kino's brush house to help Coyotito after Kino got the pearl, he said 'I was not in when you came this morning. But now, at first chance, I have come to see the baby.' he said on page 28 of 'The Pearl'. This quote shows that the doctor is selfish because it is only when Kino gets the pearl that the doctor shows up.
This gave Kino a tremendous amount of rage. Here is another quote that shows the doctor is selfish; 'When do you think you can pay this bill?' the doctor said on page
34 of 'The Pearl'. The doctor can be selfish, but at least he succeeded in saving
Coyotito and he can live a little longer!
The doctor had a small and negative impact on the villagers in Kino's village. He is racist to them and he will not help them because they do not have any money to pay for the treatments, they are not very wealthy. This quote shows that the doctor will only work for money; 'Has he any money?' the doctor demanded. 'No, they never have any money. I, I alone in this world am supposed to work for nothing- and I am tired of it. See if he has any money!' the doctor exclaimed on page 11 of 'The Pearl'. This shows that the doctor will not help the poor, even in a life or death situation! A quote to show that the doctor is racist is; ' Have I nothing better to do that cure insect bites for "Little Indians". I am a doctor, not a veterinary.' said the doctor on page
11 of 'The Pearl'. All of this shows that the doctor will only work for the wealth, not for the pride of being able to save someone's life!
The doctor has a servant, and the doctor has a little bit of a negative impact on the servant. The doctor would make the servant do all the dirty work for him, he would

not even try to do his own dirty work himself. He would make the servant tell excuses to Kino's family as this quote shows; 'The doctor has gone out' he said. 'He was called to a serious case' the servant said on page 11 of 'The Pearl'. This shows that the doctor is too selfish to make excuses himself so he made the servant do it for him.
This also shows that the servant is loyal to the doctor. A question that the doctor made the servant say to Kino's family was; 'Have you any money to pay for the treatment?' the servant said on page 11 of 'The Pearl'. Remember to be kind to everyone, even the ones that are not as kind to you. You can tell a lot about a person by the way they treat their servant, but not always!
Overall, we can see that the doctor is racist, selfish and greedy. Different people have both positive and negative impacts on people and communities! Always try and only give positive impacts on the communities that you belong to, many people in the world give out negative impacts, we do not want to be one of those people!
Sarvenaz, 7.07
English A
Ms. Bandara
27/09/13