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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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    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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    Irony of the Pearl

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    The Pearl‚ by John Steinback‚ recalls a parable in the bible. In the novella‚ the pearl is the central symbol‚ and unlike in the bible‚ is never clearly defined. Kino‚ Juana‚ and Coyotito are affected the most by the product of the pearl. At first‚ the pearl is seen as a stroke of divine providence‚ but through-out the novella‚ it will bring misfortune. The flawless pearl is deceiving and its true essence contrasts between its apparent‚ good outcome‚ and its intended‚ bad outcome. When Kino finds

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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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    Pearl Essay

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    November 3‚ 2013 In‚ The Pearl‚ by John Steinbeck Kino‚ a pearl diver with a wife and son‚ makes a discover which really changed his village. Kino went diving into the ocean and finds a pearl that emerged from an oyster. He looked into the pearl as if he never saw anything more beautiful until now. However‚ Kino decides to sell the pearl so that he can make a fortune for himself and his family. A businessman offered $1500 for the pearl but Kino refused because he believed the pearl had more value. Unfortunately

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    create one. Lets take weapons and nuclear bomb as an example. Nuclear bombs and guns are used to kill. Even if you did survive a bomb attack‚ you would still infected with the gases‚ and cause mutations. I would say that technology is neither a curse or a blessing‚ but both. Sometimes its good for some things and at other times its not. We can’t really blame the object‚ because its doing what its programed to do. People should blame the ones who invented it. Also every good inventions such as a

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    Greed in The Pearl

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    The Pearl by John Steinbeck is a perfect example of how greed can negatively affect people. It is the story of a poor pearl diver‚ Kino‚ and his family‚ living in La Paz in the 1940’s. They live in poverty and long for a better life for their son‚ but they have learned to make the best of their situation. One day‚ Kino is diving for pearls just as he does every other day‚ and he finds "the Pearl of the World"‚ a pearl as big as a seagull’s egg. At first‚ the finding of this magnificent pearl is a

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    The Pearl - Greed

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    greed and appetite for wealth. Juana‚ the Priest‚and the doctor have all undergone a change due to money. Theyare all affected by their hunger for wealth and inturn are thebase for their own destruction‚ and the destruction of society.Steinbeck’s "The Pearl" is a study of man’s self destruction through greed. Juana‚ the faithful wife of Kino‚ a paltry peasant man‚ had lived a spiritual life for what had seemed like as long as shecould remember. When her son Coyito fell ill from the bite of ascorpion‚

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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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    History of Curse Words

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    SH** This word is one of the oldest of the current curse words that we use today. Its use can be found over 1‚000 years ago. It was first seen in the English language as scitte and was soon after known as scittan. This word was used to describe when cattle had diarrhea. It was also known as shite until the 1700s. Since then‚ we have used the current spelling of the word. A** / A**HOLE Since the 11th century‚ the word arse has been used to describe the buttocks of an animal. In the 14th

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