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Literary Analysis for The Pearl “This doctor was of a race which for nearly four hundred years had beaten and starved and robbed and despised Kino's race,” (9). In The Pearl by John Steinbeck, a Native American family finds a pearl that lifts their hopes and dreams just to crush them once again. Kino, the father of the family, is a very ignorant man, especially about the town’s doctor, the priest, and the pearl buyer. Using characterization and dialogue, Steinbeck expresses that ignorance leads…

Summer Olympic wins (1996, 2004, 2008, 2012) and three World Cup wins (1991,1999, and 2015) while, the men have almost never stood on the podium let alone win a gold medal (History). Not to mention, a few of the female players are regarded to be better soccer players than the men. Players like, Abby Wambach, a forward for the female team, “has 184 international goals – more than any other man or woman in history” (Goff, 2015, par.1). Abby Wambach has broken the stereotype that women are not as…

Who is the famous Vietnamese-born Australian called Anh Do that was born in 1977 that everyone is talking about? Anh Do’s life story is a story worth knowing about because his life not only interesting! But also has a lot of ups and downs. Early life Anh Do is a Vietnamese-born Australian that was born in 1977, the 2nd of June. When he was only two years old, his family and 40 more others escaped from Vietnam on a 9-meter fishing boat! On the first day when they were leaving a Vietnamese…

When people think of treasure as being gold or money, but it can just be as simple as a picture of you and your friends, or it could be your family. Those things can be treasure. In Treasure of Lemon Brown by Walter Dean Myers, Greg figures out what's important to him and in The Pearl by John Steinbeck Kino goes through experiences that changes his life forever. Kino has a wife named Juana and a baby son named Coyotito. Coyotito gets poisoned by a scorpion and Kino has to find a pearl so that he…

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Life can change drastically for the better or for the worse in a short amount of time. In “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck, Kino’s family lived a simple life until they found the pearl. When they found the pearl, they believed it would bring them luck and good fortune; however, to their surprise, conflict followed them everywhere. John Steinbeck used the symbol of the canoe to show that one object can be a part of a person’s life and go through the ups and downs of life with them. At the…

“Nothing is enough to the man for whom enough is to little.”- Epicurus. In John Steinbeck's “The Pearl” there are multiple themes that are illustrated repeatedly throughout the course of the book. One of these themes expresses that materialism and greed left unchecked can lead to immoral behavior such as violence. This theme can be seen in several different ways throughout the book. Specifically, the main character Kino, Kino’s attackers and the fights he had with Juana, his wife develop the…

Greed can definitely control a man and any other person. John Steinbeck, the famous American author, wrote the novella The Pearl. The Pearl is a very interesting book that is a man that finds the pearl of the world and hopes it leads him to great fortune. Kino figures out the hard way that he was wrong. Throughout the book Kino changes his important things in life change as he copes with resolving his internal conflicts. In the beginning of the book he values his family and boat. “It was very…

In the short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers and the novel The Pearl by John Steinbeck the main characters , Greg and Kino, face struggles which change what they think is important in life. While each character faced a different struggle they both valued family in the end. Kino’s experiences changed what he valued in life. In the beginning of the story Kino values his family. This quickly changes after he found the pearl. He faces internal struggles and soon becomes…

As human beings, we all have to make decisions that impact our lives. Some of these decisions could be beneficial; however, others can lead to violence and misfortune. The Pearl by John Steinbeck illustrates the story of Kino, a poor native living with his wife and child in Spanish-controlled Baja California. On a day like any other, he discovers a great pearl in the ocean, as large as a seagull’s egg. Believing that he was now incredibly wealthy, he immediately began dreaming about all the…