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    Sparrow. He is reluctant to leave his future bride behind in prison‚ but it is his only chance to free her. Jack Sparrow is a cursed pirate. He has made a deal with Davy Jones‚ the captain of the Flying Dutchmen. If Davy Jones would raise the Black Pearl from the bottom of the ocean‚ Jack Sparrow had thirteen years to captain it. After thirteen years‚ Jack Sparrow must give Davy Jones his soul. It has been thirteen years‚ and Davy Jones wants to collect. Davy Jones can only go on land once every ten

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    initially starting his journey. He is driving on the highway in his Datsun 210‚ as the background music is playing‚ “Oh there’s a big‚ a big hard sun beating on the people‚ in a big hard world…”(Eddie Vedder). This song is not just a cover played by Pearl Jam’s one and only Eddie Vedder. It is profound in the way it portrays the life of Christopher McCandless as he starts his escape from the big hard world. Another one of Eddie’s songs‚ The Wolf‚ is played right after the flashback of when Chrisopher’s

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    In the movie series the Pirates of the Caribbean most of the information is historically accurate. Jack Sparrow is based on many pirates that would have plundered ships carrying goods through the Caribbean. The weapons used were the same kind of guns that would have been used by real pirates in the 17th and 18th centuries. Most pirates had a pirate code to keep order with the crew Jack Sparrow also had this kind of pirate code. He was more generous then most pirates because he gave everyone the same

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    character named Pearl. At the beginning of the novel‚ she is just an innocent infant who is abhorred by all the townspeople because of the sin her mother‚ Hester Prynne‚ committed before Pearl was born. In this novel‚ Pearl is a static character and living symbol of sin. In the beginning‚ the reader is introduced to Pearl as the infant “whose innocent life had sprung...a lovely and immortal flower‚ out of the rank and luxurious of a guilty passion” (59). Hawthorne describes Pearl as an impeccant

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    Pure as a Pearl Pearl Prynne is a care-free child with a bold and curious spirit. She acts with naïve confidence and speaks without thinking twice about what she will say next. These characteristics are seen in the way she interacts with nature and how her sharp intuition shines in her personality. In chapter 15‚ the beginning phases of Pearl’s relationship with nature start to unfold. Ignorant to the fragility of nature‚ she “seized a live horseshoe by the tail‚ and made prize of several five-fingers

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    reminders of her sin‚ the scarlet A and her daughter‚ Pearl. Hawthorne characterizes Pearl with contrasting personalities and roles she plays in Hester’s life. Pearl’s conflicting personality components‚ innocence and defiance‚ both derive from her isolation from society‚ which resulted from her mother’s sin. Pearl represents the conflict between good and evil‚ reflecting the roles she plays in Hester’s life‚ as the physical embodiment of the A. While Pearl serves as a savior to Hester‚ representing possible

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    In The Pearl‚ the pearl represents greed. After finding the pearl‚ Kino as well as the other characters become greedy because they want the power they believe the pearl contains. The events that take place evoke the reader’s emotions by changing the way the reader feels about a character due to their choices. This helps the author to convey the point that money and power leads to greed. In chapter one‚ Kino doesn’t have any money to pay for the treatment of his child’s scorpion sting. The doctor

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    The Book The Pearl is very different from the movie Because in the book Coyotito dies but in the movie he doesn’t . The only thing that is the same is that Kino throws the Pearl in the water and that he finds the great Pearl . Once kino does that he is happy that the Pearl will not bring him more bad luck because that was the only thing that the pearl gave him instead of money and happiness . The doctor help’s Coyotito ‚but in the book he doesn’t help at all . To me the book is very different from

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    In John Steinbeck’s The Pearl‚ rich symbolism is used to convey the message of the parable being told. Symbolism is a useful tool in storytelling because it helps the author add a deeper meaning to the story. In The Pearl‚ Steinbeck enriches every aspect of the story with symbolism from the setting‚ to characters‚ and the plot itself. The different symbols interact with one another throughout the story‚ which ultimately affects the outcome of the novel. The first and most important symbol

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    with. The Pearl couldn’t be a better example as the protagonist‚ Kino‚ goes mad over the opportunity he has to change his life. Upon finding the pearl‚ he was stuck in poverty but his simple life suddenly becomes as complex as the pearl he found. Of the many symbols in the book‚ the most important three are best represented in the things Kino loved the most‚ the pearl‚ his family‚ and a fancied rifle. Let’s start off with the item that made the story what it is‚ the pearl itself. The pearl of the world

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