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    In The Pearl‚ John Steinbeck describes pearl diving consisting of two ropes tied one to a stone and the other to a basket. The basket remained in the canoe while the rock went down under and lead him to the bottom of the water. "Kino had two ropes‚ one tied to a heavy stone and one to a basket. He stripped off his shirt and trousers and laid his hat in the bottom of the canoe. The water was oily smooth. He took his rock in one hand and his basket in the other‚ and he slipped feet first over the

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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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    Parable Of The Pearl

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    Madi Webster 3/7/13 3rd hour The Pearl When one thinks of a parable‚ a person may think of a parabola a horse-shoe looking thing in math class. Well if person thinks that‚ they are wrong. A parable is a short story that teaches a lesson throughout the story. The parable The Pearl shows on how a man can find something that he thinks will change his life‚ but actually ends up ruining it. Kino is met with some great challenges with the pearl that take over his life because he wants the wealth that

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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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    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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    Essay on The Pearl

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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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    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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    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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    The Pearl Meaning

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    The Pearl is a short story about a poor man named Kino who has a wife named Juana and a son named Coyotito. He is a fisher who makes a living off finding pearls. One day while at see Kino catches a great big pearl. It is also known as the pearl of the world. This pearl could help Kino and his family. It could bring a bright future. Kino imagines of all the wonderful things the pearl could do. But what Kino doesn’t see right away is this pearl can bring out the bad in people and bring misfortune to

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    The Pearl Greed

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    The Pearl Essay Hope‚ greed‚ power‚ and opportunity are all created by one pearl. In the book The Pearl by John Steinbeck‚ Steinbeck does a beautiful job portraying greeds affects. Steinbeck does this by using only a pearl as a symbol. The pearl is not used as one symbol though. It symbolizes good and evil at many different times. The pearl is a symbol that changes throughout the course of the story. The pearl first represents hope‚ opportunity‚ and wealth. When Kino and Juana were in

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