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    Analysis of the Pearl

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    Analysis of the pearl by John Steinbeck (page 40 – 50) THE WORRIEDNESS OF KINO TO LOSE THE PEARL A long page 40- 50‚ John Steinbeck told about the worriedness of Kino to lose the pearl‚ in the page 40 I see that there Kino‚ so anxious to lose the pearl‚ till he presume that a spot of rain as a human who want to steal the pearl “ he felt cloth‚ struck at it with his knife and missed‚ and struck again and felt his knife go through cloth and then his head crashed with lightning and exploded with

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    The Pearl Greed

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    be evil to take that chance? In the book The Pearl by John steinbeck‚ Kino was given the same opportunity. Kino had found the pearl of the world. With this pearl Kino had a choice to make. Would Kino’s decision bring out the evil inside? Or will his decision expose a new honest side of Kino that was already there? The pearl influenced everyone around it‚ to commit corrupt acts they wouldn’t have otherwise committed. This makes us believe that the pearl was evil‚ not honest‚ because it had an malicious

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    Pearl Harbor

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    Attack on Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor was the first foreign attack on the United States territory and also the longest attack on the U.S. soil. The day after Pearl Harbor Theodor Roosevelt gave his famous speech while asking Congress to declare war. Within his speech Theodor Roosevelt said “No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion‚ the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory"11 Though Pearl Harbor was a surprise the United States

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    The Pearl Reflection

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    The Pearl In John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize-winning novel‚ The Pearl‚ the author portrays a realistic storyline as well as many life-lessons. In Steinbeck’s opinion‚ the job of the writer is to expose "our many grievous faults and failures" in an attempt to improve ourselves‚ and meanwhile also to celebrate our strengths. He thinks that the writer‚ while knowing that man can never be perfect‚ must believe in the perfectibility of man. In The Pearl‚ Steinbeck uses his incredibly realistic characters

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    Symbolism in "The Pearl"

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    Essay Question: The Pearl by John Steinbeck Irene Zhou ‘The Pearl of the World’ ‚ as the villagers called it‚ full of enticing beauty and lustrous value‚ came to prove the old proverbial quote “Greed is the root of all evil” (from: I Timothy 6:10)‚ as Kino and his family pay not only the price‚ but a tremendous amount more‚ for the seemingly virtuous discovery of the pearl. When the scorpion stung Coyotito‚ the baby‚ unleashed

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    The Pearl Materialism

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    in the novella The Pearl by John Steinbeck. Kino constantly is willing to do anything to protect his pearl‚ even if that means harming his own wife and baby and killing and or stabbing six people. Other people will try to harm Kino too‚ like the doctor‚ attackers and other selfish greedy people. Juana‚ Kino’s wife‚ tried to throw away the pearl‚ but Kino punched and kicked her. He also stabbed three people that tried to take his pearl. Another thing is that he killed three pearl trackers with a rifle

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    Pearl Harbor

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    Amanda Pesce November 11‚ 2008 History Paper 2 Pearl Harbor The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise strike by the Japanese navy against the United States. As a result of this‚ the United States became involved in World War II. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7‚ 1941‚ Sunday morning. Before the attack‚ Americans ignored the war and continued sending the British ships and tanks while their enemies were making bombs. Americans had cut off the Japanese oil supply. They only had

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    Parable Of The Pearl

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    Madi Webster 3/7/13 3rd hour The Pearl When one thinks of a parable‚ a person may think of a parabola a horse-shoe looking thing in math class. Well if person thinks that‚ they are wrong. A parable is a short story that teaches a lesson throughout the story. The parable The Pearl shows on how a man can find something that he thinks will change his life‚ but actually ends up ruining it. Kino is met with some great challenges with the pearl that take over his life because he wants the wealth that

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    Pearl Harbor

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    Pearl Harbor The Pearl Harbor Attack Japan is smaller than California‚ with half of the population‚ why did japan attack Pearl Harbor? Pearl Harbor is an American naval base that is located in Hawaii. Japan had felt that the United States wanted to keep the world divided into two halves‚ America and Europe against the Japanese and East Asia. Due to several major events that happened between the United States and Japan‚ on December 7th‚ 1941 Japan attacked an American naval base. Japan attacked

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    The Pearl Essay

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    In the short novel‚ The Pearl‚ by John Steinbeck‚ many songs are mentioned by the protagonist‚ Kino. Each of the songs that Kino hears throughout the story evolves in terms of the events that have occurred‚ are occurring‚ or will occur. While Kino and his small family searched for justice‚ education‚ and a fresh start‚ their circumstances always seemed to dictate what type of song Kino would envision. It seemed as if no matter how gleeful or grim a situation may have been there was always a song

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