Rainer Maria Rilke

I read several books during the summer, and the book The Pearl, which was written by my favorite author John Steinbeck, had enthralled me. The story is about the main character Kino, an Indian pearl diver lives with his wife Juana, and his son Coyotito. One day, his son gets stung by the scorpion and needs treatment; meanwhile Kino finds a pearl, which is the savior to his family. Unfortunately, the pearl not only does not help him, but causes lots of tragedies. Kino realizes the pearl…

In the book, The Pearl by John Steinbeck, the author tries to teach us to be happy with what we have, and that bigger isn’t always better. At the beginning of the book, Kino is very happy with what he has. The simplicity of his mornings are his music and he just plays it on repeat. At the end of the book, tragedies have happened and he can no longer be as happy as he once was. All because he got greedy. In this story, Kino finds a great pearl- the size of a seagull’s egg. This massive pearl is…

The Qualities of a Pearl “The people say that the two seemed to be removed from human experience; that they had gone through pain and had come out on the other side…” (587) The Pearl is a story known virtually all over the world. A story about the reality and evils in seemingly harmless and hopeful objects, or in this case a large pearl. The author, John Steinbeck, perfectly connects this short novel by making it feel to the reader as if this was his own firsthand experience, though they are…

Everyone has a different way of feeling and dealing with emotions, whether good or bad, some people cry others laugh, still other simply have a desire to move. In “The pearl”, by john Steinbeck the main character, Kino goes through a very emotional time. First his baby son ,coyotito, gets stung by a scorpion, then they find a huge pearl and suddenly coyotito is fine and the poison leaves his body. After they find the the pearl the family falls into an oddly timed period of misfortune. During…

Marie Madeleine is a woman for our time, filled with ambition, inspiration, and courage. She was born in Châteauroux, France and was a daughter, sister, friend, wife, widow, and mother. As a widow, she was inspired by the spirit of Saint Ignatius of Loyola who she saw within the lives of the Jesuits from St. Acheul, Amiens. After many spiritual encounters, she became a religious sister and foundress of a Catholic group of sisters, known as the Faithful Companions of Jesus (FCJ). So how did Marie…

There are several major themes used in The Forgotten 500 that are very important and can also be used as life lessons. You can see these themes presented throughout the entire book and also in the airman’s own personal stories. In this book you see many themes but the most prevalent ones are brotherhood, loyalty, heroism, teamwork and hope. Out of all the 5 major themes the one you see almost everywhere throughout the entire book is hope. For example, throughout the first half of the book the…

Though The Pearl may be a short book, only 83 pages to be exact, it really contains a great story and teaches an amazing lesson.The moral of John Steinbeck’s parable is that you should not let greed overcome you. You should be grateful for what you have and not want more. Greed can be an evil thing, and three ways that Steinbeck shows greed in the story is through characterization, symbolism, and foreshadowing. Characterization is an important element in The Pearl. It’s one of the ways that John…

In chapter six of All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, he develops the idea of disillusionment, an example of this is when Paul gives the description of the shelled school house, “stacked up against the longer side is a high double wall of yellow unpolished brand new coffins” (99) of all the soldiers who will die at the front which could end up being Paul and his comrades. Tjaden says this due to the fact that he knows, an abundance of the soldiers are going to die at the…

“He struck her in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the sides”. In The Pearl by John Steinbeck, Kino, a poor villager, finds a pearl that shifts his life around. With hopes of a brighter future, Kino, Juana, his beloved wife, and Coyotito, his son go to the local market in hopes of a deal to sell his prized pearl. After a salty deal, in which Kino does not receive the amount of money he feels is fair, given by the buyer. Kino gathers his…

In the book The Pearl by John Steinbeck, Kino is a pearl diver who lives with his wife Juana and baby boy, Coyotito. While searching for a pearl to save Coyotito, Kino discovers the pearl of the world. Within hours the whole town of La Paz hears of Kino’s new discovery, everyone wants a piece of the Pearl of the world. The idea of getting a piece of the pearl places a longing desire in the townspeople's hearts, this changes the way kino and his family live day to day and how the whole town…