Pearl Essay
Ms.Orgel Ali Raza
Eng. 1A-Pd. 5 November 3, 2013 In, The Pearl, by John Steinbeck Kino, a pearl diver with a wife and son, makes a discover which really changed his village. Kino went diving into the ocean and finds a pearl that emerged from an oyster. He looked into the pearl as if he never saw anything more beautiful until now. However, Kino decides to sell the pearl so that he can make a fortune for himself and his family. A businessman offered $1500 for the pearl but Kino refused because he believed the pearl had more value. Unfortunately, Kino doesn’t know that money can make a man go crazy and show a part of him that he never showed. Kino not accepting the $1500for the pearl was a huge mistake by him because than his personality wouldn’t have changed. He wouldn’t have let the pearl possess him and cause him to show an evil side of him. His desire for wealth made him a danger to himself and his family. An example of this when Kino killed a man, that showed that he wanted money from the pearl so badly that he would do anything he could to get the money that he thinks he deserves. Another reason why Kino shouldn’t have accepted the $1500 is that no one else in his village would have offered a deal better than $1500 for the pearl. He did think about going to the capital to determine what the actual price was for the pearl, but there could have been chance that the pearl’s price is $1500 or maybe even less or just a little higher. If so, than it would have been a wasted trip because at the end of the book his son, Coyotito, died and Kino threw the pearl away. Even if the pearl costs more than $1500, he knew that it would have been a dangerous mission to him and his family with the trackers searching for them. Kino had the opportunity to at least get some money, but instead he ended up with nothing. However, Kino not accepting the $1500 was in some areas a good action because since he believes that $1500 is not the exact price, he feels that
Eng. 1A-Pd. 5 November 3, 2013 In, The Pearl, by John Steinbeck Kino, a pearl diver with a wife and son, makes a discover which really changed his village. Kino went diving into the ocean and finds a pearl that emerged from an oyster. He looked into the pearl as if he never saw anything more beautiful until now. However, Kino decides to sell the pearl so that he can make a fortune for himself and his family. A businessman offered $1500 for the pearl but Kino refused because he believed the pearl had more value. Unfortunately, Kino doesn’t know that money can make a man go crazy and show a part of him that he never showed. Kino not accepting the $1500for the pearl was a huge mistake by him because than his personality wouldn’t have changed. He wouldn’t have let the pearl possess him and cause him to show an evil side of him. His desire for wealth made him a danger to himself and his family. An example of this when Kino killed a man, that showed that he wanted money from the pearl so badly that he would do anything he could to get the money that he thinks he deserves. Another reason why Kino shouldn’t have accepted the $1500 is that no one else in his village would have offered a deal better than $1500 for the pearl. He did think about going to the capital to determine what the actual price was for the pearl, but there could have been chance that the pearl’s price is $1500 or maybe even less or just a little higher. If so, than it would have been a wasted trip because at the end of the book his son, Coyotito, died and Kino threw the pearl away. Even if the pearl costs more than $1500, he knew that it would have been a dangerous mission to him and his family with the trackers searching for them. Kino had the opportunity to at least get some money, but instead he ended up with nothing. However, Kino not accepting the $1500 was in some areas a good action because since he believes that $1500 is not the exact price, he feels that