In The Pearl, John Steinbeck tells of the struggles of a native fisherman, Kino, and his family. Kino’s son, Coyotito, is stung by a scorpion in the beginning of the story. Kino and his wife, Juana, find the pearl of the world, and they hope it will give them the money needed to cure their son. However, this event leads to a tragic journey in which Kino and his family must overcome many obstacles. The main theme of The Pearl is that greed has the ability to destroy a person’s morals. Kino, the doctor, and the pearl buyers all emphasize this theme.…
Steinbeck's book The Pearl concentrates on the atrocities Kino commits as the pearl blackens his soul and how he attempts to stabilize his relationships. Kino's determination…
The vital theme that John Steinbeck has examined was Greed, Greed as a Destructive force in Kino’s life. Kino seeks to gain wealth and status through the pearl and he transforms from a happy and comfortable father to a brutal criminal, and it is demonstrating that desires and greed are the root of all evil. As well as it destroys the innocence, and it is found in the New Testament in Paul’s first message to Timothy (1 Timothy 6:10) “For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs.” This was the exact situation that happened to Kino. Kino’s greed led him to behave violently towards his spouse; it also led to his son’s death and it detached…
Kino was in mid-leap when the gun crashed and the barrel-flash… The keening, moaning, rising hysterical cry from the little cave in the side of the stone mountain, the cry of death” (The Pearl 86-87). From this it is known that his son, Coyotito is shot by the watcher and Kino can do nothing to stop it because he needed to protect the pearl. Survival is one of the most important concepts in the book because a huge part of the novel is escaping the villagers, merchants, and traders who are hungry for the wealth.…
The foreshadowing was used by Steinbeck to lead into situations throughout the story. He used certain quotes to show how the Kino was going to use the pearl and how the pearl was changing Kino. “She knew there was murder in him, and it was all right; she had accepted it, and she would not resist or even protest” (Steinbeck 58). This quote showed how Kino was so attached to the pearl and was full of greed that he eventually murdered people just to protect his precious pearl. The pearl had changed him, and by the end of the book Kino had murdered four people…
L.M. Montgomery once said, “we pay a price for everything we get or take in this world.” Every decision and everything we take, in the hopes of bettering our lives, will come with a price a pay. What he is saying is the choices we make in life, whether they be good or bad, consequences are received. These consequences don't necessarily have to be bad nor have to be good on your part. The Pearl by John Steinbeck provides us with a character that gives enormous sacrifices for his dreams of change and hope for a better future.…
oo much wealth satisfies individual’s heart desires but at times can bring worst out of him or her. The pearl is a novel written by John Steinbeck and examines a man’s own destruction through greed. In this novel, hope and evil consume Kino and the entire city of La Paz immediately information goes around that Kino found the pearl of the world. As asserted by Forman, greed, culture, anger, happiness, luck, death, mystery and evil are all major aspects in this book.…
Kino had a scuffle with and intruder trying to take the pearl. After the vigorous battle between both Kino and the intruder, Juana explains that the pearl is an evil plague. An extent of time passed after the incident, Kino is mugged again. Juana again desperately tells Kino to get rid of the pearl. The following morning they set out to sell the pearl. Kino’s mood changes when Juana wanted to help in the business process. Kino said, “I am a man!” this quote shows the pearl is changing Kino. It also relates to my views on the world. Greed can drastically change people for the worse.…
What does the pearl symbolize in the novel? The pearl symbolizes many things in the novel. The pearl is a sign of hope when they first acquire the pearl. "Our son must go to school. He must break out of the pot that holds us in," Kino said this planning to use the pearl for a better future for his son. Kino and his family saw the pearl as a good thing and a hope for the future. The pearl represented both, hope and sorrow. Hope because if they used it right and watched themselves their future would’ve been many times better than the one they were living. It was evil because of all the greed Kino and his family had as well as the people in the…
Set in La Paz, Mexico, Kino is content with his small family and house made of brush. However, when his only son Coyotito is stung by a scorpion, Kino sets out to find a pearl grand enough to pay the doctor who has refused to help. In an ancient clam, Kino stumbles upon the largest pearl anyone in La Paz had ever seen. Dubbed “the Pearl of the World” everyone suddenly became interested in Kino and his family. When his brother, Juan Tomas, asks what the future holds, Kino sees images of Coyotito in school and a real marriage for Juana and himself reflected in the pearl’s surface. Even Coyotito’s wound seemed to be healing. However, joy and opportunity dragged paranoia and thievery along for the journey. Kino began to distrust everyone and everything. His new personality resembled an impenetrable shell through which no one could break, not even Juana. At the pearl market, Kino was told that his prize was a monstrosity only worth 1,000 pesos. Knowing that he could get much more, Kino decided to make the trek to the capital for a fair bid to be made. Throughout the story, at least three…
One day the poor fisherman, Kino, found” the great pearl as large as a sea-gull’s egg”(Steinbeck 10). Conquently, Kino saw hope that Coyotito will have an education inside the pearl. In the Pearl, by John Steinbeck, Kino, a poor fisherman find the pearl and saw hope that Coyotito go to school and kino and Juana can get married. Next, Kino and his family fight danger as the pearl become more evil. Then they climb the mountain to hide from the hunters and coyotito gets kill. Finally, kino and juana go home and kino throw the pearl into the ocean and there is no more song of the pearl.…
Steinbeck's The Pearl is one of his most intriguing pieces. Steinbeck manages to fit many different ideas into a short novella that is under a hundred pages. However, what makes The Pearl truly a great book is his critique of colonial society, and the interaction of Native Americans and colonists. Steinbeck emphasizes the differences between the colonists and the native Indians by using such symbols as the relationship between town and village, education, and instinct. Steinbeck also shows that he views changing one's station, or attempting to, as foolish and impossible, but that trying to is needed to provide an example for others.…
In the beginning of story, Macbeth is introduced as a loyal man. He says “and to be King/Stands not within the prospect of believe (1, 3: p. 36)”, this point shows that he does not even think to try to take the throne and tries to be loyal though the third prophecy from the witches said that he shall be king. However, his ambitious characteristic firstly is indicated when he gets report from Angus that he becomes Thane of Cawdor. This report confirms in Macbeth’s mind that the prophecies hold truth. It can be seen from Macbeth’s soliloquy “Two truths are told,/As happy prologues to the swelling act of the imperial theme (1, 3: p.37)”. After the two prophecies were proven he begins to have a terrible thought and an intention to become a king. He says “If chance will have me King, why, chance may crown me,/Without my stir (1, 3: p. 38)”. This point shows that he is an ambitious man; he begins to try to fulfill the third prophecy and become a king.…
What if a person's biggest dream became their worst nightmare? What if its ramification was losing what they loved most? The Pearl, a fiction novel by John Steinbeck, encounters the bittersweet situations in life. Steinbeck elucidates the story with a family of three-Kino, Juana, and their baby boy, Coyotito-who lived in La Paz, Mexico. When their son gets stung by a scorpion and they find the pearl of the world, their fate changes. Kino made an injudicious decision throwing away the pearl. Being unwise is about understanding things for a fact, but not comprehending it to see the outcomes. "A smart person knows what to say, but a wise person knows when and what to say"-Mario Karras. If Kino would have kept the Pearl of the World, he could…
Ever since Midas' lust for gold, it appears to be that manhas acquired a greed and appetite for wealth. Juana, the Priest,and the doctor have all undergone a change due to money. Theyare all affected by their hunger for wealth and inturn are thebase for their own destruction, and the destruction of society.Steinbeck's "The Pearl" is a study of man's self destruction through greed. Juana, the faithful wife of Kino, a paltry peasant man, had lived a spiritual life for what had seemed like as long as shecould remember. When her son Coyito fell ill from the bite of ascorpion, she eagerly turned towards the spiritual aspects oflife. Beginning to pray for her son's endangered life. Thedoctor who had resided in the upper-class section of the town,refused to assistant the child, turning them away when theyarrived at the door. Lastly they turned to the sea to seek theirfortune. When Juana set sight on the "Pearl of The World." shefelt as though all her prayers had been answered, if she couldhave foreseen the future what she would have seen would have beena mirror image of her reality. Juana's husband was caught in a twisted realm of mirrors, and they were all shattering one byone. In the night he heard a "sound so soft that it might havebeen simply a thought..." and quickly attacked the trespasser.This is where the problems for Juana and her family began. Thefear that had mounted in Kino's body had taken control over hisactions. Soon even Juana who had always had faith in herhusband, had doubted him greatly. "It will destroy us all" sheyelled as her attempt to rid the family of the pearl had failed.Kino had not listened however, and soon Juana began to lose herspiritual side and for a long time she had forgotten her prayersthat had at once meant so much to her. She had tried to helpKino before to much trouble had aroused, only to discover thatshe was not competent enough to help. A hypocrathic oath is said before each medical student isgranted a Doctors degree. In the oath…