The Pearl Of The World Argumentative Essay

Elina Lehoisky March 24th, 2017
English 7, Period 8 Mr. Koondel

The Pearl: “Pearl of the World” Argument Essay: Who Knew Pearls Could Be This Evil.

Pearls are rare, spherical objects, beautiful treasures that are found in oysters. Pearls are symbols of wealth, hope, but the wealth can lead to change, bad change and the hope might turn into hopeless, tragic end. Pearls are expensive, and the cost is insane. Pearls bring dreams of wealth, and dreams of people’s future to life. Owning a pearl, might give someone confidence, show dignity and mostly have people respect them more. From the book, The Pearl by John Steinbeck, the book shows the claim of Kino believed the pearl
Juana showed many times in the book that she knew the pearl was more evil than good. For example, the pearl brought certain songs into Kino's mind. “In his mind a new song had come, the Song of Evil, the music of the enemy, of any foe of the family, a savage, secret, dangerous melody, and underneath, the Song of the Family cried plaintively.” Greed is an emotion that comes across Juana and the the discriminating factor is not whether she feels greed, but how she responds to it. This quote shows in the book that the pearl brought evil into Juana and her family and it is proving Juana’s point of knowing the pearl is terrible and evil. Another example is when Juana is getting more annoyed at the pearl being around so much that she feels it hurting her even more. “Now the tension which had been growing in Juana boiled up to the surface and her lips were thin. ‘This thing is evil,’ she cried harshly. ‘This pearl is like a sin! It will destroy us...’” This shows that Juana is getting angry because of the pearl. The pearl is bringing anger because Kino thinks the pearl is good but she is trying to show its not and it is getting her angrier and angrier as time passes by. Last example is of when Kino killed someone. "I was attacked in the dark," said Kino. "And in the fight I have killed a man." To Juana, this fight or killing was a sign. A sign showing
The counterclaim was expressed many times and many readers will agree on the fact that Kino was wrong about the pearl, and Juana was being honest and right about the pearl being bad. For example, many readers will know that when Kino killed a man, that was a sign of evil that the pearl brought. “I do not know. It is all darkness. All darkness and shape of darkness.” After Kino knew he killed a man, the whole time he thought the pearl was full of fortunes, he realized the pearl wasn’t and Juana was right the whole time. The darkness is a symbol of the evil the pearl brings. The darker it gets, the more evil the pearl becomes. Another example many readers will see is, when Juana constantly told Kino to throw the pearl and give it back to the sea. “‘Kino,’ she said huskily, ‘I am afraid. A man can be killed. Let us throw the pearl back into the sea.’” In this part of the book, the pearl was constantly showing its evil but Kino didn’t see this. All Juana wanted to do was to get rid of the pearl before it ruined the relationship between her and Kino and her family. Lastly, the evilness of the pearl was growing on Juana. “Now the tension which had been growing in Juana boiled up to the surface and her lips were thin. ‘This thing is evil,’ she cried harshly.” As time passed by with the pearl, Kino’s love for it grew, but Juana’s disliking feeling for the pearl also grew. As Juana tried to convince the pearl was