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    The Pearl Greed

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    The pearl of world; Having power is not make you happy In the world of full of selfishness‚ if you gave chance to have the power it will convey your true intention and it will shown your truly are. In the story of the pearl book Kino and Juana lived a happy good life until their only child Coyotito got bitten by a scornpion. The family most find wealth to pay for his treatment. Kino miraculously founds magnificent pearl to pay for Cayotito medicine. This is how Kino started his worst dream‚ how his

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    In the parable of The Pearl‚ Steinbeck includes many actions that many religions may oppose or agree with. Looking at The Pearl through an Islamic lens of experts in Islam many sections seem to be similar and different from The Pearl. When I interviewed people that I know are knowledgeable in Islam and The Quran there were many opinions that came up about the actions that Kino had done in The Pearl. Some opinions were that if Kino was Muslim he would have do the same exact thing‚ but if he was Muslim

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    The Pearl

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    importance of not letting greed and/or wealth control him. Come along with me on this adventure! Paragraph I Kino had a very straight-forward life. He lived with his soon to be wife Juana and their baby boy‚ Coyotito in a small brush house within La Paz‚ Mexico. Until one day‚ Kino discovers a very unique pearl that begins to override his prosperity. The beginning of this great tale explains how Kino’s serene life is disrupted by a scorpion that stings his beloved son‚ Coyotito. After Juana (Kino’s

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    Juana‚ and their son Coyotito) are Native Mexicans who are very poor and living in a hut village on the Gulf of California‚ near La Paz (otherwise know as the town of stone and plaster). They wake up one morning to find a scorpion on the verge of attacking their son. Kino attempts to knock the scorpion away but it falls and stings his son‚ making him very ill. The doctor in La Paz will not treat them because he is a racist and will only do something for money (which they have none of). These next examples

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    The Pearl Symbolism Essay

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    There is no doubt that Kino’s majestic pearl symbolizes and portrays different ideas and feelings throughout John Steinbeck’s The Pearl. Kino dives for the pearl and sees it as a symbol of hope and a bright future. However‚ with the ironic ending of the novel‚ it is easy to conclude that Kino and Juana feel differently about the pearl at the end of the story than they did at the beginning. So‚ how exactly does the pearl’s symbolism change? Not long after little Coyotito is stung by a deadly scorpion

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    Final Exam ESL

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    ESL 1320 Final Exam Dec.9‚ 2013 1.a)The relationship between Kino and Juana is changeable during the whole novel. In the beginning‚it seems that they were living a happy life together and they loved each other regardless the poverty they were living in. Juan was always following Kino. The turning point in their relationship was when Kino found the pearl. Everything changed. The pearl brought the evil spirit to their life. The most important thing thing to Kino was the pearl

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    The Pearl

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    Introduction: The Pearl‚ written by the famous author‚ John Steinbeck‚ is set in a small village in La Paz on the coast of the Baja Peninsula. The third person omniscient point of view that John Steinbeck has employed within The Pearl influences the readers view on the discrimination of both class and gender in modern society. Specifically through the themes presented such as wealth‚ corruption and greed‚ and traditional gender representations. Steinbeck utilises these themes to ensure that the

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    David Colanzi 603-101-MQ (Sect. 23): Effective Reading and Writing Instructor: Brent Devine December 5th 2012 Word Count: 836 The Value of Nothing In the short story The Pearl written by John Steinbeck‚ throughout the story‚ Kino’s decisions and morals change by wanting and expecting more than what he currently has. Basically by expecting more out of the Pearl‚ Kino wanted to do good for his family. Steinbeck wants the readers to understand how something so small‚ this shiny pearl

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    In "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck there are many characters that show out to be greedy after Kino got the pearl. For example: the priest‚ the doctor and Kino. The priest turns out to be greedy when Kino gets the pearl. When the news came to Him he started to wonder whether he had baptized Coyotito and if he married Kino and Juana‚ he also started to think how much the pearl was worth‚ and what repairs where necessary to the church. The doctor also turns out to be greedy after the news that Kino

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    The Pearl

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    Kino’s Attitudes Brave‚ stubborn‚ and bright are the three characteristics that help explain Kino’s changing attitudes. In John Steinbeck’s story The Pearl‚ Kino‚ the main character‚ is being portrayed as a stubborn man who becomes brave and bright‚ to know and confront his enemies. First‚ he portrays a stubborn man by not listening to Juana when she tells him that the pearl is evil. Second‚ Kino shows bravery when he goes down and kills the trackers to save his family.. Finally‚ he becomes bright

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