Pearl Jam

Elisha, first off, I am so sorry for being who I am. I know you're probably going to think every word I'm about to say is bullshit, and I don't blame you. I also know I've left this way too late but I didn't want to say anything unless it was going to make any sense at all instead of just random shit. So, I don't know if you remember but on new years I was drinking with the squad, and some time after my drunk message to you, you became the conversation topic, and one of them asked if I was…

After dinner, coffee was served in the “Petit Salon”. The Baron de Valfort offered a glass of Charteuse to the ladies. Afterwards, he called Étienne, and speaking in his ear, gave him some mysterious orders. I could not make out what he had whispered to his valet, however, I did not have to wait long to learn what he had been so cagey about. “My friends,” he said, raising his arms, in a high gesture, meant to capture our attention, “you are, in a moment, ‘a vintage moment’, if I may say so,…

“Shame it is, right Carl?” Steve moaned. He couldn’t believe himself. A blood curdling scream had filled the empty, black room, and he knew exactly who had made it. It was like he just turned to stone. None of his muscles decided to work. Somehow he didn’t feel any drips on his cold cheeks. He knew Hart’s fate before his deciding, why was he only mourning his death now? “Yeah…” His thought trailed off to the sky, and he noticed how much more smoggy it became. “At least we’re fine though. Hey…

Just off the top of the blue and yellow slides of Martin Tudor Splash Park, is Isaac Banuelos wearing his all red uniform. Wearing red swimming trunks and a regular red t-shirt saying lifeguard in the front with a large white cross right on the middle of his shirt and on his back silkscreen across his shoulders is lifeguard in bold white capital letters. At the top of the slides sounds of laughter are heard from children. It is Isaac making up jokes with all the kids who stand in line to rides…

With a lifetime grossing income of over $90 million dollars, Space Jam is the top grossing basketball movie ever produced by almost $15 million dollars (Richard, 2016). Space Jam, according to the rotten tomatoes website, scored a 63% audience rating and a 37% on the tomatometer. Both of these scores, however, scored above the average mark set for both of the scales (rottentomatoes…

Though The Pearl (by Steinbeck) is, on the surface, viewed as a prejudice and sexist book, there are different ways it can be read and interpreted. It is the story of a pear diver named Kino, and it demonstrates how mans’ nature can make him evil and greedy. The book sets general gender roles for the characters depicted. It also shows the function of the social class of the time. Even still, The Pearl shows that women are smart and strong when it comes to protecting the family. The Pearl is a…

greatest pearl in the world” (Steinbeck 10). Consequently, this event sets up a major conflict in the novella, The Pearl, by John Steinbeck. Kino, a poor fisherman, Juana, his wife, and Coyotito, their baby, live in a hut in a city called La Paz located in the Gulf of Mexico. During the novella, Coyotito is stung by a scorpion, causing multiple conflicts. The next day Kino goes fishing and finds a pearl that forever changes him and his family’s life. As a result, Steinbeck skillfully uses the…

is a quote that relates to The Pearl because it shows that greed is evil. It shows how greed tears apart families, and brings anger to people. Greed, or materialism, is the love or obsession of possessions. The Pearl is based on a Mexican folktale about a young native Mexican man finding the “Pearl of the World,” the size of a seagull egg (Steinbeck). The native believes that the pearl will bring his family great fortune, but instead the pearl brings harm. The pearl harms his family and changes…

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 novella The Pearl , written by John steinbeck which talks about mainly about an indian legend of ( the pearl of the world) and what this discovery of this pearl effects the life of the main character and his family, this novella starts by showing the readers about kino's life " the main character " before he finds the great pearl and the events leading up to the discovery of this pearl , this novella starts with the discovery of this pearl and the effects of finding this pearl on kino's life…