Greed: (noun) intense and selfish desire for something especially wealth,power, or food. This often overwhelming feeling is known for demoralizing a person and skewing their priorities. Greed creates an one man for himself way of thinking for the experiencing individual. In John steinbeck's parable The pearl, Kino the main character and his wife find themselves in trouble when their infant Coyotito becomes dangerously ill upon an encounter with a scorpion sting. Given the setting of Mexico in the early 1900s Kino and his race suffer from racial discrimination. They find a great pearl that they hope will fund Coyotito's treatment but instead it sends them on a life unraveling journey. Throughout the parable John steinbeck’s, The Pearl a common theme that is demonstrated is that greed can expose a man's true animalistic nature.
First, Kino begins to feel protective of the pearl as he fears it might be taken from him and his family. In the beginning of the story Kino …show more content…
Kino and his family have embarked on their journey to sell the pearl. There are trackers after Kino’s pearl whom have found him and his family. Kino is natural and clinging to a rock ready to strike back to protect his territory but more importantly his pearl. For example, “The moon would rise in a few moments now, and he knew he must attack…” (Steinbeck, 85). This quote reveals Kino fully exposing himself to his instincts, as he is waiting to fatally attack the threat: just as an animal would do when put in the same situation.
Finally, a moral of this parable “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck, is that greed can expose a man’s true animalistic nature. The desire for something can be overwhelming and cause us to act out of character as demonstrated by Kino when he had the pearl. Greed can be controlling and challenging to consistently manage as we have seen in John Steinbeck’s “The
First, Kino begins to feel protective of the pearl as he fears it might be taken from him and his family. In the beginning of the story Kino …show more content…
Kino and his family have embarked on their journey to sell the pearl. There are trackers after Kino’s pearl whom have found him and his family. Kino is natural and clinging to a rock ready to strike back to protect his territory but more importantly his pearl. For example, “The moon would rise in a few moments now, and he knew he must attack…” (Steinbeck, 85). This quote reveals Kino fully exposing himself to his instincts, as he is waiting to fatally attack the threat: just as an animal would do when put in the same situation.
Finally, a moral of this parable “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck, is that greed can expose a man’s true animalistic nature. The desire for something can be overwhelming and cause us to act out of character as demonstrated by Kino when he had the pearl. Greed can be controlling and challenging to consistently manage as we have seen in John Steinbeck’s “The