Pearl In John Steinbeck's The Pearl

Pearl has some obvious negative qualities to her, she was very horrible to her children,the way that she acts is no exception. All of the things pearl did to her kids was from a place of care and love, although that does not make sense, it is true, pearl was the one that wanted to have kids and lots of them “i want more children”(1), Pearl said to Becks about kids, she would only want to have kids if she loved them and she did.She did not know how to parent very well, with Becks being gone she did not know what to do, so abusing her kids seemed logical to her. Pearl always wanted be there for her kids “you should have gotten an extra mother”(1) Pearl said to her kids when she thought she was going to die, she always wanted someone to nurture