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In “The Pearl,” by John Steinbeck, Coyotito is not just a child, he is the symbol of life for his parents, Juana and Kino. He is also the future for Kino and his family, and also the precursor to Kino’s actions. In the beginning of the book, Coyotito causes himself harm with out realizing it, which is then mirrored later on through Kino’s actions. As the story goes on, people begin to target the baby in order to get closer to the pearl, this same type of incident happens when Kino gets attacked…

that was published by Viking Press in 1947. It keeps the reader on the edge of their seat, desperately awaiting the outcome of Kino’s son. It all happened during the early 1900’s where there existed a separation between the poor and rich class in La Paz, on the Coast of the Baja Peninsula. The main characters of this book are Kino, his wife Juana, and their son Coyotio. When Coyotio gets bit by a scorpion, his parents, Kino and Juana, begin to worry because Kino and Juana can not afford to pay…

greatests, and maybe even be the greatest. He has unraveled his amazing talent not only to improve himself, but to enhance his current soccer club for the better; Barcelona F.C. Throughout many years, Messi led his team to win the Champions League, La Liga, and Spanish Super Cup titles (“Lionel Messi Biography”), and there just didn't seem to be a way to stop him and his plans to improve his teammates. Lionel Messi had an optimist mind to keep pushing forward which eventually impacted himself…

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…

Pele was born in Três Corações, Brazil on Oct 23, 1940. His full name is Edson Arantes de Nascimento. He was the first child of João Ramos and Dona Celeste. Pele was named after Thomas Edison he moved with his family to the city of Bauru as a young boy. Joao Ramos, better known as “Dondinho” struggled to earn the living as a soccer player, and Pele grew up in poverty. Still he developed a rudimentary talent for soccer by kicking a rolled-up sock stuffed with rags around the streets of Bauru.…

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…