Greed In John Steinbeck's The Pearl

Evil is in everything, no matter how beautiful. The famous American writer, John Steinbeck, wrote The Pearl, a famous novela. The novela shows how a man’s luck quickly destroys his life. It also shows how greed gets you nowhere. Throughout the story what Kino finds important changes and he begins to cope with all his internal conflicts. At the beginning of the story, the most important things in life to Kino were his boat and his family. “ Now he came to the canoe and touched the bow tenderly as he always did.”(Steinbeck,pg.15). This quote proves that he was very attached to his boat, since it had been passed down to him by his father and his grandfather had given it to Kino’s father. The quote also shows that Kino was very careful with his boat since, it is the only thing of value that he owns. “Sometimes it rose to an aching chord that caught the throat, saying this is …show more content…
“A searing rage came to him and gave him strength.”(Steinbeck,pg.62). This quote shows all the anger Kino had never felt before, because he had never had to sleep with one eye open, hoping the pearl would not be stolen. Kino had never let anger guide him into doing something, so this shows how the pearl changed his behavior. “It bit through neck and deep into chest, and Kino was a terrible machine now. He grasped the rifle even as he wrenched free his knife. His strength and his movement and his speed were a machine.”(Steinbeck,pg.86 & 87). Kino has been a violent person ever since he found the pearl, because everyone wants to steal the pearl. By getting rid of the pearl, Kino has gotten rid of his only reason to be violent, so now he can be a calm and kind person again. Kino has been violent and angry, when he throws the evil pearl to be once again lost in the ocean, he can start to heal and reflect on what has happened in his life so