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    The Pearl Essay

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    In the short novel‚ The Pearl‚ by John Steinbeck‚ many songs are mentioned by the protagonist‚ Kino. Each of the songs that Kino hears throughout the story evolves in terms of the events that have occurred‚ are occurring‚ or will occur. While Kino and his small family searched for justice‚ education‚ and a fresh start‚ their circumstances always seemed to dictate what type of song Kino would envision. It seemed as if no matter how gleeful or grim a situation may have been there was always a song

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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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    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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    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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    parable‚ The Pearl by John Steinbeck‚ the pearl of the world unleashed the hurricane that was greed in many instances. Greed is to blame for Coyotito’s death because it overcame Kino‚ the doctor‚ and the pearl buyer. The person that greed affected the most was Kino. He wanted all the treasures of the pearl‚ and became a vicious and slightly insane man because of it. In the beginning‚ the pearl gave him happy thoughts‚ such as him and his wife getting married. He also saw through the pearl: his family

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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 Materialism

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    and Kino did in the novella The Pearl by John Steinbeck. Kino constantly is willing to do anything to protect his pearl‚ even if that means harming his own wife and baby and killing and or stabbing six people. Other people will try to harm Kino too‚ like the doctor‚ attackers and other selfish greedy people. Juana‚ Kino’s wife‚ tried to throw away the pearl‚ but Kino punched and kicked her. He also stabbed three people that tried to take his pearl. Another thing is that he killed three pearl trackers

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    Essay on The Pearl

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    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 colonists who oppress Kino and his

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    Pearl S. Buck - A Modern Day Hero Introduction A friend of mine gave me a copy of The Good Earth as a birthday gift. Until then‚ I had never heard of the literary masterpiece or the author‚ Pearl S. Buck. The story captivated me. I found myself engrossed in the story of the poor farmer Wang Lung whose love for his land allowed him to overcome many odds including famine‚ flood and a revolution. Through hard work and dedication‚ Wang Lung became one of the wealthiest landowners in the Anweih

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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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