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What might the pearl symbolize? The pearl symbolizes many things, yet one symbol really sticks out to me- evilness. Although the pearl may bring many riches and lots of prosperity, in The Pearl, it seems that Steinbeck is attempting to portray evil though this metaphor. On page 23, the news of Kino’s discovery had reached everyone in the city, and “all manner of people grew interested in Kino”. Before Kino had discovered this pearl, he was just an Indian that lived along the sea in a…

Have you ever acted in a certain way and then later changed your attitude or outlook based on events or situations that have taken place? In the novel, The Pearl, written by John Steinbeck and the fictional short story “The Treasure of Lemon Brown” by Walter Dean Myers, this is exactly what happens. The Pearl is about a man named Kino who finds a large pearl to help his son who was stung by a scorpion. However, men try to steal the pearl and attack Kino, leading him to show no mercy and kill…

Pearl’s moral ambiguity shows in her transformation from being seen as a beacon of evil to being seen as an intellectual and socially aware young lady. By being a morally ambiguous character, Hawthorne is able to leave the reader in a perpetual state of apprehension regarding Pearl’s true moral alignment. From the moment Pearl is born, the little girl is treated like an outsider, and as a figure of evil and possible satanic origin. This view of Pearl comes forth in the personality during her…

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…

In each John Steinbeck novel, the protagonists experience a sense of anxiety or intolerable measures of stress that causes them to act in unexpected ways. Stress is shown especially in The Pearl, “Flight”, and The Moon is Down through many of the characters actions and decisions. Through The Pearl, The Moon is Down, and “Flight,” John Steinbeck demonstrates various positive and negative responses to stress. In The Pearl, the main character ,Kino, has many negative responses to stress…

In the story, The Pearl and in today’s society there are a lot of things that people have gained and lost. In the book and in today’s society, there are ways that people can hurt one another. I think that was bad how Kino and Juana were treated by the doctor. I also think that it is bad how we are treating people that aren’t the way we are, or that look different from each other. The theme of The Pearl is how money changes who you are. I think that is the theme because of how Kino and Juana…

What’s done is done. You should start a new life, again, here in La Paz. You are welcome to stay in our home as long as you would like.” I replied. “Thank you brother. We should start a new life. But I am done pearl diving. I will learn to be a teacher for the poor. So that children’s parents can afford education.”…

Social oppression and greed are common themes shown in novels and or novellas to teach a moral lesson. Common themes in John Steinbeck’s writings include political themes, rebellion, corruption. In The Pearl by John Steinbeck, the author tries to help us understand that danger exists in placing hope on one thing either being emotional or material. This happened in the novella as a result of Kino’s finding of the pearl which led him to become “closed minded”. The finding of the pearl caused the…

fisherman.Kino,finds “the pearl of the world,perfect as the moon”(steinbeck 10). To be precise, In the novella The Pearl by steinbeck, Kino is a very poor man that does not have money. Juana his wife and coyotito his son all live in a brush house in La Paz on the Gulf of Mexico.Kino decides to go pearl diving to find a pearl to help coyotito because he got stung by a scorpion. Therefore,When kino finds the pearl of the world it brings him great fortune and also great evil to his family.…

travels fast through the town, and before Kino even arrives the buyers plan to cheat him out of making much money by down talking his Pearl of the World and buying it for cheap. Adrienne Warfield claims that, “the effects of the pearl on the residents of La Paz can indeed be linked to those of a virus (7).” This would explain how word traveled so…