The Adventure Begins
You know how people often believe things until they have their own experiences? In the novel “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck and the fictional short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” written by Walter Dean Myers this is exactly what happens. In “the Pearl” Kino’s son Coyotito gets stung by a scorpion and they try to seek instead finding a beautiful pearl with bad luck and it brings greed to the once caring Kino causing him to kill 4 men trying to get the pearl and loses his son to one of the trackers, Only to throw the Pearl back into the ocean. In “the Treasure of Lemon Brown” Greg’s father won’t allow his son to play basketball due to his grades so he takes a walk until it starts …show more content…
”the rhythm of the family song was the grinding stone where Juana worked the corn for the morning cakes”(Steinbeck 3). Kino’s emotions are shown in songs, thus this shows that he cares about his family, wanting the best for them. He thinks he and his family are just fine without much money. “It wasn't often the Scorpions took on new players, especially fourteen-year-olds, and this was a chance of a lifetime for Greg”(Myers 17). This shows that he thinks playing with the Scorpions is what's important in life. He assumes that his father cares more about his son’s grade than his feelings and thinks basketball is more important than his grades. This shows that they have an intention of what's important in life, But that's about to …show more content…
“In the surface of the great pearl he could see the dream forms. He picked the pearl from the dying flesh and held it in his palm, and he turned it over and saw that the pearl was perfect” (Steinbeck 19). This shows that his perspective of him and his family is changing. When he says that “the dream forms” he means that he can see his family in a better life, and it seems that he would do anything to achieve this new life (shown later in the book). Before he thought he and his family were just fine without much money but his perspective is starting to change. “I used to have a knotty headed boy just like you”(Myers 21), “ i traveled around and one time i come home, and there was this letter saying Jesse got killed in the war, it broke my heart it truly did”(Myers 25). Greg is listening to Lemon Brown, becoming grateful that he isn't going through the same situation as Lemon Brown, or Jesse. His perspective about his father is starting to change. This proves that they are getting new ideas and eventually lead them into trouble, or
You know how people often believe things until they have their own experiences? In the novel “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck and the fictional short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” written by Walter Dean Myers this is exactly what happens. In “the Pearl” Kino’s son Coyotito gets stung by a scorpion and they try to seek instead finding a beautiful pearl with bad luck and it brings greed to the once caring Kino causing him to kill 4 men trying to get the pearl and loses his son to one of the trackers, Only to throw the Pearl back into the ocean. In “the Treasure of Lemon Brown” Greg’s father won’t allow his son to play basketball due to his grades so he takes a walk until it starts …show more content…
”the rhythm of the family song was the grinding stone where Juana worked the corn for the morning cakes”(Steinbeck 3). Kino’s emotions are shown in songs, thus this shows that he cares about his family, wanting the best for them. He thinks he and his family are just fine without much money. “It wasn't often the Scorpions took on new players, especially fourteen-year-olds, and this was a chance of a lifetime for Greg”(Myers 17). This shows that he thinks playing with the Scorpions is what's important in life. He assumes that his father cares more about his son’s grade than his feelings and thinks basketball is more important than his grades. This shows that they have an intention of what's important in life, But that's about to …show more content…
“In the surface of the great pearl he could see the dream forms. He picked the pearl from the dying flesh and held it in his palm, and he turned it over and saw that the pearl was perfect” (Steinbeck 19). This shows that his perspective of him and his family is changing. When he says that “the dream forms” he means that he can see his family in a better life, and it seems that he would do anything to achieve this new life (shown later in the book). Before he thought he and his family were just fine without much money but his perspective is starting to change. “I used to have a knotty headed boy just like you”(Myers 21), “ i traveled around and one time i come home, and there was this letter saying Jesse got killed in the war, it broke my heart it truly did”(Myers 25). Greg is listening to Lemon Brown, becoming grateful that he isn't going through the same situation as Lemon Brown, or Jesse. His perspective about his father is starting to change. This proves that they are getting new ideas and eventually lead them into trouble, or