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    The Pearl Greed

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    oo much wealth satisfies individual’s heart desires but at times can bring worst out of him or her. The pearl is a novel written by John Steinbeck and examines a man’s own destruction through greed. In this novel‚ hope and evil consume Kino and the entire city of La Paz immediately information goes around that Kino found the pearl of the world. As asserted by Forman‚ greed‚ culture‚ anger‚ happiness‚ luck‚ death‚ mystery and evil are all major aspects in this book. The story unfolds when Juan and

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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 Greed

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    parable‚ The Pearl by John Steinbeck‚ the pearl of the world unleashed the hurricane that was greed in many instances. Greed is to blame for Coyotito’s death because it overcame Kino‚ the doctor‚ and the pearl buyer. The person that greed affected the most was Kino. He wanted all the treasures of the pearl‚ and became a vicious and slightly insane man because of it. In the beginning‚ the pearl gave him happy thoughts‚ such as him and his wife getting married. He also saw through the pearl: his family

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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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    An Essay on the Pearl.

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    The Pearl Essay Do you ever feel like you cannot do anything about something? Well‚ that is what Kino felt like in ‘The Pearl’ when the doctor would not help him with Coyotito’s scorpion sting. Different people have both positive and negative impacts on different communities. The doctor has both positive and negative impacts on Kino’s family. In addition to that‚ the doctor has a negative impact on the villagers. The doctor has a servant as well and the doctor has a bit of a negative impact

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    The American Nightmare: Symbolism in The Pearl In his novel‚ The Pearl‚ John Steinbeck utilizes imagery and symbolism to convey the underlying themes of Kino’s tragic tale. The pearl is a symbol of promise and hope for Kino and the other characters in the story. Conversely‚ the pearl epitomizes the catastrophic effects of greed on humans‚ their morale‚ and judgement. The scorpion emblemizes arbitrary evil‚ and is the cause of all tragedy in The Pearl. Moreover‚ the scorpion is analogous to the

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    Pearl Harbor

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    Attack on Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor was the first foreign attack on the United States territory and also the longest attack on the U.S. soil. The day after Pearl Harbor Theodor Roosevelt gave his famous speech while asking Congress to declare war. Within his speech Theodor Roosevelt said “No matter how long it may take us to overcome this premeditated invasion‚ the American people in their righteous might will win through to absolute victory"11 Though Pearl Harbor was a surprise the United States

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    attack on our own. The outcome is complete pandemonium and will change the mindset forever‚ thus the attack on Pearl Harbor changed ours ceaselessly. The attack on Pearl Harbor will be known as one of the most devastating attacks on American Soil along with the Attack of September 11‚ 2001. We have fought numerous wars mostly abroad‚ but without a shadow of doubt the attack on Pearl Harbor will never be forgotten‚ and changed the way the military operates to the current day. Myself being an

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    Symbolism in "The Pearl"

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    Essay Question: The Pearl by John Steinbeck Irene Zhou ‘The Pearl of the World’ ‚ as the villagers called it‚ full of enticing beauty and lustrous value‚ came to prove the old proverbial quote “Greed is the root of all evil” (from: I Timothy 6:10)‚ as Kino and his family pay not only the price‚ but a tremendous amount more‚ for the seemingly virtuous discovery of the pearl. When the scorpion stung Coyotito‚ the baby‚ unleashed

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    Pearl Harbor

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    Pearl Harbor The Japanese’s attack on Pearl Harbor was not a surprise attack on the United States‚ but that it what most people are led to believe. There was a prior attack on a boat in the ocean that they knew was by the Japanese‚ but the commander just sent fighter pilots to shoot them down‚ and did nothing following this event. I believe that we made the right decision in not preventing the Japanese from attacking Pearl Harbor‚ because this gave us a reason for entry into World War II. After

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