The Pearl Essay

Steinbeck's use of archetypes and symbols in The Pearl In Steinbeck’s The Pearl, archetypes and symbols are used to develop the theme of striving for the American dream. Corruption of wealth, greed, and fate all lead to the development of this theme. Steinbeck also uses correct historical representations of that time which greater represent the theme of the American dream. The American dream can be described as innovative and industrialized to create happiness. During the 19th century…

a human being. This is what happens to a character in John Steinbeck’s The Pearl. Kino is a brush house citizen, somebody of a lower class, in La Paz, Baja California. Kino’s life was perfectly fine, until his son Coyotito was stung by a scorpion. The same day, he went out pearl diving, trying to find a pearl of some value so that he could pay the doctor to help heal Coyotito. He then found the Pearl of the World, a pearl so beautiful and rare, that everyone adored it. Even so, everybody wanted…

Kino for the pearl are following him. When Kino protect his family, by making Juana and his son hide in the cave. While Juana and Coyotito are hiding in the cave, Kino went out to fight the two men that are harming their family. As Kino was fighting, a bullet went through the cave where Kino’s family was hiding. When Kino went back to see what happened he saw Coyotito body lying they’re on the ground, and he see Juana crying in tears. At that moment Kino remembers the Song of the Pearl drifting…

The Qualities of a Pearl “The people say that the two seemed to be removed from human experience; that they had gone through pain and had come out on the other side…” (587) The Pearl is a story known virtually all over the world. A story about the reality and evils in seemingly harmless and hopeful objects, or in this case a large pearl. The author, John Steinbeck, perfectly connects this short novel by making it feel to the reader as if this was his own firsthand experience, though they are…

The Pearl follows the story of a young fisherman named Kino, who experiences the power of wealth. The story can been called a parable, as it teaches a universal lesson of life. John Steinbeck’s parable The Pearl, teaches that with money comes greed, and eventually destruction. Before Kino inhabits the pearl, he is infused with compassion, and is diligent in his obligations as a father to Coyotito. When Coyotito obtains an illness, Kino feels helpless, but feels inclined to assist. Kino feels…

others laugh, still other simply have a desire to move. In “The pearl”, by john Steinbeck the main character, Kino goes through a very emotional time. First his baby son ,coyotito, gets stung by a scorpion, then they find a huge pearl and suddenly coyotito is fine and the poison leaves his body. After they find the the pearl the family falls into an oddly timed period of misfortune. During which multiple people try to steal the pearl and Kino's house is burnt to the ground. Then Coyotito has a…

The Pearl Ch.1 Kino awakened in the dark. Kino looked where coyotito slept.Coyotito spots the scorpion on a rope. Coyotito reaches for the scorpion and stung him. Juana grabs Coyotito at once and attempts to suck the venom out of his wound. Juana asks Kino to get the doctor. CH.2 Crabs and lobsters poke out from their holes. Algae and sea horses drift aimlessly in the nearby currents. Dogs and pigs scavenge the shoreline for sea drift in the hazy morning. They push the canoe into the water and…

In The Pearl, John Steinbeck writes about a man named Kino, who lives in La Paz, Mexico. Kino finds a great pearl that he decides to sell in order that he will be able to pay for a life of luxury for his wife Juana and son, Coyotito. He runs into trouble when the greed of people is brought out. His wife, Juana, forwarns Kino that the pearl is evil. Kino does not listen and goes ahead with his plan to bring his family to the capitol to sell the pearl. Juana tries to throw the pearl in the ocean…

the book, The Pearl by John Steinbeck, the author tries to teach us to be happy with what we have, and that bigger isn’t always better. At the beginning of the book, Kino is very happy with what he has. The simplicity of his mornings are his music and he just plays it on repeat. At the end of the book, tragedies have happened and he can no longer be as happy as he once was. All because he got greedy. In this story, Kino finds a great pearl- the size of a seagull’s egg. This massive pearl is so…

Right now in the novel so many things have happened. News about Kino’s great pearl spreads throughout the neighborhood which leads to everyone talking to Kino just so they can have the pearl. The doctor comes back again, just because he realizes that Kino is now rich, only to give Coyotito something, that actually makes him worse! Only to come back right when he gets worse, and give him something that makes Coyotito better. I think the doctor only did this so he could get in Kino’s good graces,…