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    Pearl Harbor

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    Pearl Harbor During the early 19th century‚ Pearl Harbor was not used for large ships due to its shallow entrance. The interest of United States in the Hawaiian Islands followed its whaling and trading ships in the Pacific. As early as 1820‚ an "Agent of the United States for Commerce and Seamen" was appointed to look after American business in the Port of Honolulu. These commercial ties to the American continent were accompanied by the work of the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign

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    The oyster and the pearl

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    Play: The Oyster and the Pearl Q.1 Do you think that it is right to allow clay to believe that there is a pearl in the oyster? Ans: Clay is a poor innocent boy he wants money to put in and add for his disappeared father his father had left home a month ago Clay knew that the basic reason for his leaving home was money which was a constant cause of dispute between his fathers and mother. Harry’s effort to give the boy a hope of a pearl in the oyster is the virtuous act of human side of him perhaps

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    Why Did Japan Attack Pearl Harbor? December 7‚ 1941 is the date that America woke up in hell. Planes and submarines made a surprise attack at Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii by Japan on that day. President Franklin Roosevelt instantly declared war on Japan. Japan had their reasons why they attacked Pearl Harbor‚ and the reasons was the way America reacted when Japan announced a new order in East Asia‚ the freezing of all Japanese assets and bank accounts‚ and that the U.S imposed an embargo on oil shipment

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    Steinbeck's The Pearl

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    In Stenibeck’s The Pearl‚ Kino is faced with multiple struggles. Steinbeck presents one struggle in particular that is shown throughout the novella. Steinbeck introduces the struggle of social inequality. This struggle leads Kino on an adventure full of many other smaller struggles. He presents this struggle throughout the story through symbolism‚ Kino’s village‚ Kino’s interactions with other characters‚ and makes it obvious that the struggle still exists in today’s world. Steinbeck uses symbolism

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    The Pearl-Setting

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    The Pearl: Setting Over the course of John Steinbeck’s The Pearl‚ the description of the setting changes dramatically over the course of the novel. The protagonist of the story‚ Kino‚ was a simple and happy man‚ in the beginning. He is a member of a tribe‚ at the out skirts of his town. In the town‚ there lives Spaniards who are much wealthier then him. Out through the story‚ he seems to be possessing greed in his soul. As this happens‚ the setting of the book changes as mirrored in Kino’s character

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    the Axis Alliance. Through the misjudgment of numerous U.S. armed forces personnel‚ the Japanese were able to carry out this terrible attack‚ which crippled the United States’ Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. In 1887‚ the United States government obtained exclusive use of the inlet called Pearl Harbor‚ and the right to maintain a repair and coaling station for ships. The area was established as a naval base in 1908‚ and then in 1911 dredging of a channel from the sea was completed‚

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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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    Pearls of Wisdom

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    Pearls of Wisdom: the Unusual Pearl of Hester Prynne Pearl is described as a perfect specimen of a child: her liveliness‚ coordination‚ and ideal shape make her “worthy to have been brought forth in Eden” (59). Pearl captivates the eyes of spectators with her pale radiance‚ and embodies the innocence of a “peasant-baby” along with the regality of a princess. She has a tempestuous and unpredictable temper‚ and seems to be imbued with gloom. Even as an infant‚ Pearl possesses a “peculiar look

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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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