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    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. The story unfolds when Juan and

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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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    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

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    greatest pearl in the world” ( Steinbeck 10 ). Consequently the pearl causes conflict for the fishermans family. In the novella The Pearl by John Steinbeck‚ lived a poor family in a small brush house town‚ that lived and ate the same everyday. The husband Kino and wife Jauna lived with their son Coyotito‚ which they protected him as much as they could. One day their son get’s struck by a scorpion‚ making Kino seek help from the doctor rejected their plee for help until Kino finds the great pearl when

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    Greed in the Pearl

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    Greed is a strong sensation which can distort a person’s personality‚ or reveal the truth about who they really are. This is portrayed in John Steinbeck’s The Pearl‚ through the acts of Kino and the doctor. In the novel‚ simple townspeople‚ Kino and Juana‚ come across a large pearl. What started off as a way to pay for their child‚ Coyotito’s‚ scorpion medication‚ ended up turning them into greedy‚ money hungry people. The Pearl shows us that even a poor man can become greedy when coming across

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    Kino‚ the novella’s protagonist‚ is a young Mexican-Indian pearl diver married to Juana; they have a baby named Coyotito. Their lives seem rather peaceful‚ but their tranquility is threatened when a scorpion bites Coyotito. Juana tells Kino to go to town and get the doctor‚ but Kino and their neighbors tell Juana that the doctor will never come to where they live‚ so Juana decides to take matters into her own hands and sets off with Coyotito to the doctor. Kino accompanies Juana‚ and many members

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    In John Steinbeck’s “the pearl” the main character is Kino. Juana is a mother of Coyotito. Coyotito was stung by a scorpion while resting in a hammock one morning. First‚ Juana is a housewife who takes care for her family while Kino work hard to supply for his family needs. Second of all‚ pearl changed Kino and Juana lives. Third of all‚ their reaction to pearl. The theme of the story is greed is a bad thing because sometimes it can change person to being evil. The main point of the different between

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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 short novel The Pearl by John Steinbeck‚ some people are willing to do some very bad things all because of greed. People are willing to burn down homes and even kill‚ all because of a poor man’s pearl. In the beginning of our story our main characters (Kino‚ 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

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    separated in the world which John Steinbeck knew. The differences between the lower class and the upper class were very obvious. Unlike today‚ there was no such thing as a middle class. A person was either categorized as very rich or very poor. Steinbeck used his writings to share his most inner views about the society which he lived in. Steinbeck used The Pearl as an eye opener to the problems that placing roles on a society can bring. People were not treated equally‚ and‚ Steinbeck was pushing for a world

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