someone who has become wealthy‚ and the painful nostalgia of one who has lost the riches they recall loving. Kino and others’ experiences show that the true key to happiness does not lie in money. Before the pearl comes into the story‚ Kino and Juana are perfectly content with their lives. They do not need superficial items to make them happy‚ merely the world around them provides them with the happiness they need‚ “Kino heard the little splash of of morning waves on the beach‚ it was very good-
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are introduced to Kino who is enjoying the sight of his wife and child‚ and the beautiful nature that surrounds him. The peaceful description of their family and home lead us to believe that they are living a loving harmonious life. Him and his wife Juana have recently had a baby named Coyotito‚ and are happily raising him in the brush village. Kino is content with his simple life and does not ask for much more. As events in the book go on‚ Kino’s personality begins to change in negative ways. From
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the extent to which ambition and greed poison and jeopardize every aspect of a human’s familial‚ cultural‚ and personal well-being. Juana Kino’s wife‚ Juana‚ is more reflective and more practical than Kino. She prays for divine aid when Coyotito’s wound leaves Kino impotent with rage‚ and she also has the presence of mind to salve the wound with a seaweed poultice. Juana is loyal
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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 kill. Finally‚ kino and juana go home and kino throw the pearl into the ocean and there is no more song of the pearl. Steinbeck skillfully uses the pearl as a symbol to illustrate the
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his wife‚ Juana‚ and their baby Coyotito. In the beginning‚ Coyotito is bitten by a scorpion and because they were Indians and the fact that they could not pay for the treatment‚ the doctor refused to aid Coyotito. Kino became really lucky on his canoe‚ finding the Pearl of the World‚ pretty much the equivalent of winning the lottery. However‚ now‚ everyone is after the pearl. Kino was attacked several times by greedy townsmen or villagers‚ resulting in the first death. Kino and Juana run away and
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found “The pearl of the world”. As stated by the author in the book it gave hope to Kino and Juana on pages 39-40 “he heard again on his ears the lovely music of the undersea‚ the tone of the diffused greenlight of the sea bottom‚ Juana glancing secretly at him smile‚ and because they were in some way one thing one purpose‚ she smiled with him and they began this day with hope.” The pearl gave hope to Juana and Kino because having the pearl brighten up their
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wonder whether he had baptized Coyotito and if he married Kino and Juana‚ he also started to think how much the pearl was worth‚ and what repairs where necessary to the church. The doctor also turns out to be greedy after the news that Kino got the pearl. At first When Kino was poor‚ he didn ’t want to see Kino ’s baby‚ Coyotito‚ who was bitten by a scorpion‚ but after when Kino got rich he went to Kino ’s brush house‚ but Juana‚ the baby ’s mother‚ had made a flat damp poultice and applied on
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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 pain” After Kino’s worriedness‚ then his wife Juana‚ also anxious about the pearl‚ she thinks that the pearl is a devil who bring miss fortune to his family as in quotation below “ this pearl is like a sin! It will destroy us! throw it away Kino!” In the morning‚ Kino‚ his wife‚ and also coyotito
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Many books are written in order to tell a story. However‚ few books are written which cause the reader to look at issues that are deeper than the plot. An author ’s ability to engage the reader in a novel is usually what creates classic literature. John Steinbeck is known as one of those authors and his novel‚ The Pearl‚ is noted as a classic. The Pearl is a novel in which a poor pearl diver named Kino finds a pearl the size of one that has never been imagined. His experiences with his riches are
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an Ancient Greek play and a fairly modern American novella together‚ but I believe students may learn from contrasting these two works. Antigone by Sophocles and The Pearl by John Steinbeck offer two very different portrayals of women. Antigone and Juana are both female main characters. However‚ these two women deal with their respective cultural gender roles very differently. Antigone is strong and brave in the face of danger. When her brother is dishonored in death‚ she knows she must give him
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