John Steinbeck once wrote, “ There are only black and white things, and good and evil things, and no in between.” Though he says it is good and evil, sometimes it's hard to differentiate between the two. In The Pearl by John Steinbeck, there is a town, where a poor fisherman named Kino lives with his wife, Juana, and son, Coyotito. One day Kino finds an amazing pearl, that he believes is a blessing from God and will make his life better. But it soon becomes clear that the pearl has unleashed many evils into his life. The theme of the book, The Pearl, Is blessings may be more evil than not, as shown by how the pearl affects Kino and his family. One reason blessing may turn out to be evil is that after Kino found the pearl, he became greedy
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In one point of the book, Kino is going out of town because people in his village had burned down his house and they felt they weren’t wanted. They were walking in a forest of some sort. Kino states “And the evils of the night were about them. The coyotes cried and laughed in the brush, and the owls screeched and hissed over their heads. And once some large animal lumbered away, crackling the undergrowth as it went. And Kino gripped the handle of the big working knife and took a sense of protection from it.” This quote from Chapter 6 shows how Kino’s relationship with nature has changed, symbolizing his personal and moral downfall. In general, John Steinbeck portrays nature positively in The Pearl. This scene reverses that trend, as Steinbeck shows the dark aspect of nature because the pearl has changed Kino’s values, Kino himself reveals a negative relationship with nature by his defensive gripping of his knife handle to reassure himself. Where Kino earlier lived in harmony with nature, his greed of the pearl has made him nature’s enemy and changed the way he sees the world. Showing how the pearl he thought would make his life better and happier actually turned out to make him resent things he already …show more content…
In this part of the book, Kino had found the pearl and everyone knew about it. The author states ”Every man suddenly became related to Kino's pearl, and Kino's pearl went into the dreams, the wishes, the needs, the lusts, the hungers, of everyone, and only one person stood in the way and that was Kino, so that he became curiously every man's enemy. The news stirred up something infinitely black and evil in the town.” This shows how the pearl changed everyone's values because the town became obsessed with the pearl and jealous of Kino. The once kind people of Kino’s village now valued the riches and money Kino had more than their own morality. This shows how the town that once rejoiced because of this pearl became greedy and turned neighbors against another. All in all, the theme of the pearl is that blessings may bring evil because of how much the pearl hurt Kino and everyone around him. The evil of the pearl spread to Kino and infected him with greed and obsessiveness, the pearl also changed everyone's values. In conclusion, even if it seems like a blessing has been brought to you, you must be wary that it may bring bad things into your
In one point of the book, Kino is going out of town because people in his village had burned down his house and they felt they weren’t wanted. They were walking in a forest of some sort. Kino states “And the evils of the night were about them. The coyotes cried and laughed in the brush, and the owls screeched and hissed over their heads. And once some large animal lumbered away, crackling the undergrowth as it went. And Kino gripped the handle of the big working knife and took a sense of protection from it.” This quote from Chapter 6 shows how Kino’s relationship with nature has changed, symbolizing his personal and moral downfall. In general, John Steinbeck portrays nature positively in The Pearl. This scene reverses that trend, as Steinbeck shows the dark aspect of nature because the pearl has changed Kino’s values, Kino himself reveals a negative relationship with nature by his defensive gripping of his knife handle to reassure himself. Where Kino earlier lived in harmony with nature, his greed of the pearl has made him nature’s enemy and changed the way he sees the world. Showing how the pearl he thought would make his life better and happier actually turned out to make him resent things he already …show more content…
In this part of the book, Kino had found the pearl and everyone knew about it. The author states ”Every man suddenly became related to Kino's pearl, and Kino's pearl went into the dreams, the wishes, the needs, the lusts, the hungers, of everyone, and only one person stood in the way and that was Kino, so that he became curiously every man's enemy. The news stirred up something infinitely black and evil in the town.” This shows how the pearl changed everyone's values because the town became obsessed with the pearl and jealous of Kino. The once kind people of Kino’s village now valued the riches and money Kino had more than their own morality. This shows how the town that once rejoiced because of this pearl became greedy and turned neighbors against another. All in all, the theme of the pearl is that blessings may bring evil because of how much the pearl hurt Kino and everyone around him. The evil of the pearl spread to Kino and infected him with greed and obsessiveness, the pearl also changed everyone's values. In conclusion, even if it seems like a blessing has been brought to you, you must be wary that it may bring bad things into your