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    1776, the dawn of the American Revolution saw merchant sailors being authorized to walk a fine line between Privateer and Pirate. Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), famous American founding father used British politics and laws in an effort to break America from British rule. In 1779, Franklin, an elderly man of seventy-three traveled across the Atlantic from America to France to seek aid and assistance from France in an effort to break from the British empirical rule over America. Franklin’s original goal of money and aid to America changed during his time in France upon receiving letters from American prisoners of war, ill-treated and dying in British prisons. The American prisoner’s outlook on life become dire after Parliament voted in 1777 to deny them legal rights traditionally granted to prisoners of war. Upon the…

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    Sushil G C Prof. April Braden HIST 1301-71003 21 October 2017 BLACKBEARD BIOGRAPHY Pirate refers to the person who attacks and robs the ship at the sea violently. We all are familiar with the word pirate as we have been told stories about them directing the golden age when they were the legends of the sea since from our childhood. One of the notorious pirates was “Blackbeard” who was perhaps one of the major figure associated with the “Golden Age of Piracy” that was roughly between 1716 to…

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    A cover letter is an introductory document you send with your résumé when you are applying for a job. It is a significant item for a Canadian applicant because many recruiters read this letter first. It not only supports your résumé, but it is also an opportunity for you to stand out from a variety of other applicants and to convince the recruiter to consider you in the remaining hiring procedures. It tells the hiring manager that you are applying for a position and briefly describes your…

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    The Pearl Symbolism

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    William Vargas Who knew a pearl could cause so much trouble? The Pearl was written by John Steinbeck. The main characters are Kino, Juana, and Coyotito. The Pearl takes place in La Paz, Mexico about the family life of Kino, his wife Juana, and their son Coyotito. A scorpion crawls onto Coyotito’s shoulder and Stings him. Kino searches desperately to find a Pearl on his canoe. Later on in the story Kino’s family get in a lot trouble with the village people because they want that Pearl. The…

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    It has been said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And in John Steinbeck’s novella The Pearl, beauty becomes evil and destructive. The pearl of beauty and value is found by a poor man named Kino and his life is changed forever when it corrupts him. The pearl is a tragedy disguised as a fortune, although Kino is unaware of that. Throughout the novel, Kino’s perspective on life changes as he copes with his resolutions of his internal conflicts. At the beginning of the story, the two…

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    The Pearl Ending Essay

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    In The Pearl by John Steinbeck, the ending is very tragic. The blame for the ending ultimately falls on Kino, but several other factors combined with his own actions lead to it. For instance, his decision to turn down the pearl buyers’ offers (when it was their fault for offering such a low amount), when he killed the man who attempted to steal his pearl (even when it was the other man’s fault for assaulting him), and when the trackers followed the trio and were unable to fend off one man. …

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    Deadly Scorpion Quotes

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    In the 1950’s most people today would think of war but, this story takes place in baja mexico near a little village there lay an indian village of no more than 30 people. Kino, the main character in the book “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck, encounters a life changing event for Him, His Wife Juana, and their little baby Coyotito. Kino is a very brave compassionate and loving man “Kino’s hand went forward very slowly, very smoothly. The thorned tail jerked upright. And at that moment the laughing…

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    The Pearl Greed Quotes

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    Money and materialism can’t fulfill one’s happiness all the time. This quote shows us that money can’t buy someone’s way to happiness and neither can Kino’s pearl. In the book ,The Pearl, by John Steinbeck a poor fisherman named Kino finds the pearl of the world after his baby named, Coyotito is bitten by a scorpion. Soon, when Kino finds the pearl of the world the village people start to get very greedy for the pearl and its value. The author shows us how greed and materialism is working with…

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    “Greed in the end fails even the greedy,” says Cathryn Louis. Kino was very greedy about the pearl which lead to everything he loved to fall apart.In the folktale, “The Pearl,” by John Steinbeck there is a lot of materialism and greed will lead to immoral behavior. In the folktale, the protagonist, Kino, finds a pearl to help his family to try to get out of poverty. In the end, the characters in the story have so much greed that it completely destroys the family. Steinbeck uses the pearl a sa…

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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…

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