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    Allegory In The Pearl

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    The Pearl ‚ written by John Steinbeck‚ has caught the eyes of many literary critics. The Pearl is a novel about a young man named Kino whose som is bitten by a scorpion. When the son is taken to the doctor ‚ the physician refuses to treat him because the family has no money. In desperation Kino and his wife Juana pray for a miracle. One day Kino‚ a pearl diver ‚ discovers a lustrous pearl that would hopefully pay for his son’s recovery. In the mean time the young son Coyotito recovers on his own;

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    The Pearl Symbolism

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    The symbol of the pearl One day the poor fisherman‚ Kino‚ found” the great pearl as large as a sea-gull’s egg”(Steinbeck 10). Conquently‚ Kino saw hope that Coyotito will have an education inside the pearl. In the Pearl‚ by John Steinbeck‚ Kino‚ a poor fisherman find the pearl and saw hope that Coyotito go to school and kino and Juana can get married. Next‚ Kino and his family fight danger as the pearl become more evil. Then they climb the mountain to hide from the hunters and coyotito gets

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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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    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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    The physics of scuba diving Imagine swimming in the underwater world with all the creatures and all the beauty it holds. It is an amazing feeling to swim over coral reefs and see all the sea life up close and personal. So many scuba divers all over the world share a passion to scuba dive. Scuba diving has been a worldwide endeavor for centuries (1). Persian divers were making goggles for diving around 1300. A British engineer invented the air pump in 1771 and in 1772 a Frenchman tried inventing

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    Imagery in the Pearl

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    Imagery in The Pearl “And the beauty of the pearl‚ winking and glimmering in the light of the little candle‚ cozened his brain with its beauty. So lovely it was‚ so soft‚ and its own music came from it-its music of promise and delight‚ its guarantee of the future‚ of comfort‚ of security. Its warm lucence promised a poultice against illness and a wall against insult. It closed a door on hunger. And as he stared at it Kino’s eyes softened and his face relaxed. He could see the little image of the

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    The Pearl RTL

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    The Pearl             The Pearl by John Steinbeck is a novel about a young‚ poor Native American Pearl diver who is originally foolish and eventually regrets his actions. In The Pearl‚ it tells about how the discovery of a beautiful pearl that deceives‚ corrupts‚ and destroys an innocent family. Kino the protagonist‚ on a day like any other‚ he finds beautiful pearl in the ocean one day but he becomes paranoid that someone would take the pearl from him. Because Kino knows that the pearl would

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    The Pearl Interpretive

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    The Pearl‚ Interpretive Essay In The Pearl‚ the author‚ John Steinbeck‚ uses the pearl to express what human nature is like. 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‚ the pearl that Kino finds is described as "ugly‚ gray‚ like a malignant growth." In general‚ mankind is greedy and evil. In the novel‚ Steinbeck throughout the entire story‚ in my opinion‚ is trying to say that human nature

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    Symbolism in the Pearl

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    Symbolism in The Pearl by John Steinbeck Novels were created to show a very naive view in great depth. The Pearl is a novel in its most complete form. Steinbeck does this by conveying life symbolically. Through symbols‚ John offers the reader a clearer look at life and it’s content. He shows major imagery in four ways: Kino‚ music‚ Coyotito‚ and the "Pearl of the World". Kino overall symbolizes clearly good and innocent. Kino is thought of as "a wise‚ primitive man" who is hungry for fortune

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    The Pearl Reflection

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    The Pearl In John Steinbeck’s Nobel Prize-winning novel‚ The Pearl‚ the author portrays a realistic storyline as well as many life-lessons. In Steinbeck’s opinion‚ the job of the writer is to expose "our many grievous faults and failures" in an attempt to improve ourselves‚ and meanwhile also to celebrate our strengths. He thinks that the writer‚ while knowing that man can never be perfect‚ must believe in the perfectibility of man. In The Pearl‚ Steinbeck uses his incredibly realistic characters

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