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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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    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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    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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    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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    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 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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    The Pearl Greed

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    B.C. people have been greedy and materialistic. The author of The Pearl decided to write about a traditional Mexican folk tale when he visited Mexico on a marine biology expedition. When he was there he was told about a legendary story about a poor man that found the Pearl of the World‚ so he decided to write a story about it. The story is about a young poor native Mexican that found the Pearl of the World and how finding this pearl changed him. He became greedy and materialistic which lead to many

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