I read several books during the summer, and the book The Pearl, which was
written by my favorite author John Steinbeck, had enthralled me. The story is about
the main character Kino, an Indian pearl diver lives with his wife Juana, and his son
Coyotito. One day, his son gets stung by the scorpion and needs treatment; meanwhile
Kino finds a pearl, which is the savior to his family. Unfortunately, the pearl not
only does not help him, but causes lots of tragedies. Kino realizes the pearl is evil
and throw it back into the ocean. The book conveys many different main ideas, but
the most interesting theme to me is greediness, because covetousness tend to be in
everyone’s mind, but no one seems to recognize it actually turns something wonderful …show more content…
Undoubtedly, greediness is destructive because it turns a hardworking man into
a violent demon. “She leaped forward and saw that one was Kino and the other a
stranger with dark shiny fluid leaking from his throat...A dead man in the path and
Kino’s knife, dark bladed beside him convinced her...(Steinbeck 67).” Because of the
pearl, Kino causes numerous calamities. As the quote explains, greediness not only
drives him to hit his wife but also leads to the death of another person. Had Kino not
have the luck to find the pearl, there would not be so many unfortunate.
Another evidence that states that greed is the force of destruction is when Juana
believes the pearl is the origin for the family tragedies. “ “This thing is evil,” she
cried harshly. “This pearl is like a sin! It will destroy us,”(Steinbeck 43).” Juana
actually knows that the pearl will finally become evil, and destroy the whole family.
Unluckily, Kino does not realize that the pearl will cause misfortune behind its
material wealth in the beginning. If Kino understands the evilness of the pearl, he
might just throw it back and live with his lovely family, instead of losing his only, and
“valuable”
written by my favorite author John Steinbeck, had enthralled me. The story is about
the main character Kino, an Indian pearl diver lives with his wife Juana, and his son
Coyotito. One day, his son gets stung by the scorpion and needs treatment; meanwhile
Kino finds a pearl, which is the savior to his family. Unfortunately, the pearl not
only does not help him, but causes lots of tragedies. Kino realizes the pearl is evil
and throw it back into the ocean. The book conveys many different main ideas, but
the most interesting theme to me is greediness, because covetousness tend to be in
everyone’s mind, but no one seems to recognize it actually turns something wonderful …show more content…
Undoubtedly, greediness is destructive because it turns a hardworking man into
a violent demon. “She leaped forward and saw that one was Kino and the other a
stranger with dark shiny fluid leaking from his throat...A dead man in the path and
Kino’s knife, dark bladed beside him convinced her...(Steinbeck 67).” Because of the
pearl, Kino causes numerous calamities. As the quote explains, greediness not only
drives him to hit his wife but also leads to the death of another person. Had Kino not
have the luck to find the pearl, there would not be so many unfortunate.
Another evidence that states that greed is the force of destruction is when Juana
believes the pearl is the origin for the family tragedies. “ “This thing is evil,” she
cried harshly. “This pearl is like a sin! It will destroy us,”(Steinbeck 43).” Juana
actually knows that the pearl will finally become evil, and destroy the whole family.
Unluckily, Kino does not realize that the pearl will cause misfortune behind its
material wealth in the beginning. If Kino understands the evilness of the pearl, he
might just throw it back and live with his lovely family, instead of losing his only, and
“valuable”