María Elena Marqués

Have you ever acted in a certain way and then later changed your attitude or outlook on events or situations that have taken place? In the novel, The Pearl, written by John Steinbeck and the fictional story “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 them, which causes…

Alex Aguilar The Pearl Changes You… From a happy family- to a family of hatred. As the book “The Pearl” progressed so did many faces as well. With the finding of the pearl many character’s acts changed-one primarily being Kino. Overall the pearl came to show hope, greed, and evil. The pearl throughout the book came to show many symbolization and characteristics that will be talked about. “My son will read and open the books, and my son will write and will know writing. And my son will make…

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 finds a large pearl to help his son who was stung by a scorpion,However men try to steal the pearl from Kino,leading him to show no mercy and kill them which causes…

The Pearl Can wealth be more important than your family? John Steinbeck, the famous american author, wrote the novella, The Pearl. Kino and his family find the pearl of the world, but the pearl gives him greed and anger. They resolve that by throwing the pearl back into the sea. Throughout the novel Kino changes what is important in life as he copes with resolving his internal conflicts. In the beginning of the book, the things that are important to Kino are his family and his boat. A boat is…

The Power of The Pearl husband, and protagonist of this story is slowly corrupted by the powerful force that is, the pearl. All the while Kino's wife Juana wants the same thing throughout the entire story, the happiness, safety, and love of her family. She, however, does not let the pearl get the best of her, she is not driven by greed unlike Kino, who let's it, in a way, control him. Kino's love for the pearl drove him into a state of madness. It caused him to do and say things he normally…

“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…

In John Steinbeck’s The Pearl, the Indigenous people of La Paz, Mexico are very poor compared to those of Spanish descent who have held the power for centuries. When the Indigenous pearl diver, Kino, finds a pearl that is assumed to be worth a large sum of money, the doctor sends someone to steal the pearl, the Priest visits Kino to persuade him into donating the pearl to the church, and the head pearl buyer sends trackers after Kino to kill him and gain the pearl. Both the Indigene and the…

The classic tale of two star crossed lovers, and no, not Romeo and Juliet, but close, West Side Story. Through music and dance, the homes of American families in the 1950 have been introduced to a modern story of Romeo and Juliet, except instead of the Capulets and Montagues, it’s the Puerto Ricans and the Anglo-Americans. The migration of Puerto Ricans to the United States in the 1950s led to an influx of new community members and as a result, another component of diversity in the “melting…

wrote many works demonstrating her beliefs in hopes to evoke change for women’s rights. Mary Wollstonecraft’s political pamphlet, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman and her novel, Maria both criticize men for using their desires to objectify women, thus preventing them from having any agency. However, Maria’s Maria hints that understanding…

compromise this perfection. But Maria inevitably encourages Tony to save it because her and Tony’s heroic nature tells them they must. Maria does so by warning Tony how the upcoming rumble could jeopardize the world they have worked so hard to create, therefore becoming the reason why Tony attempts to stop the fight. This places part of the blame in Maria’s hands, proving that it takes more than Tony to create this tragedy. With these elements put into place by Tony and Maria, the falling action…