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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 Argument Paper The Pearl‚ by John Steinbeck‚ is about a man named Kino‚ and his wife Juana‚ and their baby named Coyotito. When Coyotito gets stung by a scorpion the doctor refuses to help the baby until he gets a payment. So Juana and Kino go search for a payment that will persuade the doctor to help their baby. When searching for a payment they find a great pearl that changes their lives forever. The pearl cause Kino to kill‚ fight‚ have greed‚ and other horrible things. So Kino’s

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    The Pearl Greed Analysis

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    The world is full of greedy people‚ the Pearl written by John Steinbeck gave a great example of greed. Kino seeks to find a pearl to hoping to find a pearl of sufficient value to persuade the doctor to treat the poisoned Coyotito. Thus‚ Kino and Juana set forth in search of a pearl. The rowed and came upon a bed of oysters with canoes near them. Kino then dove into the water to collect oysters in search of a pearl. To Juana’s surprise Kino found a huge oyster and inside was a gleaming pearl. This

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    The Pearl Greed Theme

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    In The Pearl‚ John Steinbeck tells of the struggles of a native fisherman‚ Kino‚ and his family. Kino’s son‚ Coyotito‚ is stung by a scorpion in the beginning of the story. Kino and his wife‚ Juana‚ find the pearl of the world‚ and they hope it will give them the money needed to cure their son. However‚ this event leads to a tragic journey in which Kino and his family must overcome many obstacles. The main theme of The Pearl is that greed has the ability to destroy a person’s morals. Kino‚ the doctor

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    Pearl Highlights Hypocrisy in the Scarlet Letter In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter‚ Pearl undergoes a dramatic transformation from a devilish infant to a sagely child. Born into a society full of judgment and hypocrisy‚ Pearl‚ a bastard child‚ is unable to escape her predetermined role. Pearl lacks a traditional family; her mother is the sole provider‚ a direct attack on Puritan standards designating this young family as outsiders. Furthermore‚ Pearl‚ unlike her peers‚ establishes a reputation

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    John Steinbeck

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    The Pearl‚ by John Steinbeck‚ is abounding with literary devices that assist in conveying the theme of the evils of greed. In the novella‚ Steinbeck tells about Kino‚ a Mexican man‚ who finds a great pearl which he believes will change his life entirely. However‚ when the pearl dealers attempt to deceive him into selling his pearl for a low price‚ Kino ventures to the capital‚ but after facing many trials‚ he must return to his home after his infant son is killed. After this ultimate hardship‚ Kino

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    An unknown author said‚ “I’ve learned...that it is not what I have in my life but who I have in my life that counts” (Community Family). In The Pearl by John Steinbeck‚ Kino is man who is satisfied with his life and family; in “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers‚ Greg is a boy who is disrespectful toward his father. As the stories continued‚ Kino because unsatisfied when he found a pearl and began dreaming about a better future; Greg started to respect his father because Lemon Brown

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    Pearl is an ironic and contradictory symbolism of pure and gracefulness. It is ironic that she is the child born to two great sinners. The way Hawthorn creates Pearl is by combining great contradictions together. Pearl is a misbehaving and mischievous child always showered by praise and wrapped with great angelical beauty. Hawthorne begins to develop Pearl’s character by opening up with a short aphorism describing Pearl as a child with “no physical defects.” He builds off this statement about

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    The Pearl Greed

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    If you were given the chance to obtain unimaginable riches at the cost of your sons life‚ would you take it? Would it 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

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    Steinbeck’s passage on page 1 of The Pearl expresses a relaxed mood of tranquility‚ completeness and satisfaction through the spirit of family. This is conveyed though the wording in the descriptions‚ the setting‚ and also the use of figurative language. The tone is calm and relaxed‚ and Steinbeck’s narration and description conveys a tranquil atmosphere. The song is ‘clear and soft’ and he hears a ‘the little splash’ of the ‘morning waves’‚ illustrations providing imagery which conjures ideas of

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