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    The Symbol of Pearl

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    In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s‚ The Scarlet Letter‚ Pearl‚ is the human symbol of the sin of adultery in the fact that she leads her mother‚ Hester Prynne‚ and Arthur Dimmesdale to accept and admit to their sin. Pearl is the beautiful daughter of Hester and Dimmesdale. She is the living symbol of the scarlet letter and has unique traits that make her sometimes appear as a demon. Her love for nature and freedom‚ her spirit‚ her wildness‚ her loneliness and separation from the world‚ her curiosity‚ and her

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    The Pearl Essay

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    THE PEARL ESSAY Summary: In The Pearl‚ Steinbeck tries to say that human nature tendency toward greed‚ deception and evil‚ which can cause something good and beautiful to become something bad and evil in both physical and mental ways. In The Pearl‚ the author‚ John Steinbeck‚ uses the pearl to express what human nature is. At the beginning of the novel‚ the pearl that Kino finds is described as large as being incandescent and as "perfect as the moon"; by the end of the novel‚ Kino looks at

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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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    pearl structure

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    Persian Gulf Pearl History Since the past‚ persian Gulf was one of the greatest source for fine and perfect pearls. Persian Gulf oysters (Pinctada margaritifera‚ Pinctada radiata) were collected for their mother-of-pearl‚ which was used as an inlay material in ancient Egypt as early as the sixth dynasty (c 3200 BC). The pearls of the Persian Gulf were natural created and collected by breath-hold divers. The secret to the special luster of Gulf pearls probably derived from the unique mixture of

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    The Pearl RTL

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    The Pearl             The Pearl by John Steinbeck is a novel about a young‚ poor Native American Pearl diver who is originally foolish and eventually regrets his actions. In The Pearl‚ it tells about how the discovery of a beautiful pearl that deceives‚ corrupts‚ and destroys an innocent family. Kino the protagonist‚ on a day like any other‚ he finds beautiful pearl in the ocean one day but he becomes paranoid that someone would take the pearl from him. Because Kino knows that the pearl would

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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 Interpretive

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    The Pearl‚ Interpretive Essay In The Pearl‚ the author‚ John Steinbeck‚ uses the pearl to express what human nature is like. At the beginning of the novel‚ the pearl that Kino finds is described as large as being incandescent and as "perfect as the moon"; by the end of the novel‚ the pearl that Kino finds is described as "ugly‚ gray‚ like a malignant growth." In general‚ mankind is greedy and evil. In the novel‚ Steinbeck throughout the entire story‚ in my opinion‚ is trying to say that human nature

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    Pearl Essay

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    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

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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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    Greed in The Pearl

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    The Pearl by John Steinbeck is a perfect example of how greed can negatively affect people. It is the story of a poor pearl diver‚ Kino‚ and his family‚ living in La Paz in the 1940’s. They live in poverty and long for a better life for their son‚ but they have learned to make the best of their situation. One day‚ Kino is diving for pearls just as he does every other day‚ and he finds "the Pearl of the World"‚ a pearl as big as a seagull’s egg. At first‚ the finding of this magnificent pearl is a

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