In society, greed can be a very destructive and evil force. In the Pearl by John Steinbeck, there are many different examples of symbolism that represent evil. In the first part of the book the author causes the scorpion to represent evil. In the second part of the book the author uses the doctor to also represent evil. Finally in the end of the book the author makes the hunters symbolize evil. The author focused deeply on symbolism to make the different characters in the story represent the same symbol. In the beginning of the story, the first thing representing evil is the scorpion. It represents evil because when Kino sees the scorpion he hears the music of the enemy. It is the music of the enemy because Kino thought “the music of the
