Beautiful, shiny, magical, it once was and malicious it now is. All that was wanted was hope to live, live in wealth. Letting go of all and then the anger comes. Around and around it follows, never leaving….it is greed. The pearl draws in hope and happiness, then breathes out anger and rage.
Before the pearl was found, it was symbolized as a great, wealthy, and amazing item to find and was believed to give hope and luck. Once Kino found the pearl he felt hope in becoming rich and thought about all the goods he could buy, who he could help, things to achieve, situations that were not possible for him. Kino felt triumphant. “Juana caught her breath and moaned a little. And to Kino the secret melody of the maybe pearl broke clear and beautiful, rich, warm, and lovely, glowing, and gloating, and triumphant” (19). When introduced to a new fortune, it can be easy to get caught up with the joy of treasure that has been brought up on.
What was once a sign of happiness had become a feeling of anger and greed. Kino's neighbors started to think about all the wonderful and great elements they could do and stuff they could have if only they have found the pearl instead of Kino.“...Kino's pearl went into the dreams, the speculations, the schemes, the plans, the future, the wishes, the …show more content…
The way to go was to let it go. Juana wanted to get rid of the pearl which she believed was a sin, but in order for Kino to sell the pearl he had to keep it. To protect the pearl he became furious.“ He struck her in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side” (59). After being hit Juana knew Kino changed,“ She knew there was a murder in him…”(59). To lose something that is so close to making a new life for you is important. Good situations that could impact your life could easily make great, loyal people do horrible things and change their personality out of richness and
Before the pearl was found, it was symbolized as a great, wealthy, and amazing item to find and was believed to give hope and luck. Once Kino found the pearl he felt hope in becoming rich and thought about all the goods he could buy, who he could help, things to achieve, situations that were not possible for him. Kino felt triumphant. “Juana caught her breath and moaned a little. And to Kino the secret melody of the maybe pearl broke clear and beautiful, rich, warm, and lovely, glowing, and gloating, and triumphant” (19). When introduced to a new fortune, it can be easy to get caught up with the joy of treasure that has been brought up on.
What was once a sign of happiness had become a feeling of anger and greed. Kino's neighbors started to think about all the wonderful and great elements they could do and stuff they could have if only they have found the pearl instead of Kino.“...Kino's pearl went into the dreams, the speculations, the schemes, the plans, the future, the wishes, the …show more content…
The way to go was to let it go. Juana wanted to get rid of the pearl which she believed was a sin, but in order for Kino to sell the pearl he had to keep it. To protect the pearl he became furious.“ He struck her in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side” (59). After being hit Juana knew Kino changed,“ She knew there was a murder in him…”(59). To lose something that is so close to making a new life for you is important. Good situations that could impact your life could easily make great, loyal people do horrible things and change their personality out of richness and