The Pearl

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…

In the novel the scarlet letter by nathaniel hawthorne, hester’s daughter, pearl is used very interestingly as a symbol, and is the one to point out puritan flaws, and flaws in her parents, Arthur dimmesdale and Hester Prynne as their illegitimate child. Pearl is often referred to as very un christ-like things such as an imp and a little devil due to her ability to question people on their motives in the very oppressive puritan society. Her questions shock everyone around her, and she is…

A Pearl in the Rough Dynamic actor Nicholas Cage expresses, “The best characters are the ones that somehow manage to be both attractive and repulsive at the same time” (“Ambiguous Quotes”). Cage is referring to ambiguous characters, those who can be neither solely defined as noble or evil. In the novel The Scarlet Letter, Pearl Prynne, an ambiguous character, serves as the embodiment of both innocence and evil; she is equally “attractive” and “repulsive” to the reader at the same time. The novel…

The novel, The Pearl, tells a story of a poor family in Mexico. Kino is the male protagonist and Juana is the female protagonist. The novel tells of the hardship they had to come through as a poor family with a sick child. Coyotito is the child of Kino and Juana, and after Coyotito was bitten by a scorpion the family struggled to provide the proper care Coyotito needed. Kino’s and Juana’s motivation are the same at the beginning of the novel but soon change at the end. At the beginning of…

hidden pocket, then she grabbed hold of the round object and pulled it out. She handed it to Kino and he looked at it. Next, Kino pulled the pouch with the pearl out of his shirt pocket and unwrapped it. He held both objects up in the moonlight and he and Juana gazed at them, marvelling, unable to tell the difference between the two. The two pearls glowed in the light. This is what they had hoped for because if anyone was…

The first thing that Pearl “seemed to become aware was the scarlet letter on Hester’s bosom” (66). Pearl soon begins to show a great interest in the scarlet letter. Hester feels obligated to explain to Pearl the reason she is to wear the letter. Despite efforts to do so, Pearl is always fascinated by the evil symbol. Pearl’s beauty made her the “the very brightest little jet of flame” (69). Once again, the reference to fire is a reference to hell. Hester looks at Pearl and notices a “fire in her…

hope to live, live in wealth. Letting go of all and then the anger comes. Around and around it follows, never leaving….it is greed. The pearl draws in hope and happiness, then breathes out anger and rage. Before the pearl was found, it was symbolized as a great, wealthy, and amazing item to find and was believed to give hope and luck. Once Kino found the pearl he felt hope in becoming rich and thought about all the goods he could buy, who he could help, things to achieve, situations that were…

predetermination allowed Puritans to label an outcast as being evil. This kind of societal influence is displayed in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter when Hester was exiled from Boston because they classified her as an adulterer. Yet, Hester’s daughter, Pearl, is described as an outcast for different reasons. The intelligent features given through relationships with nature around her seemingly make her a God-like figure throughout The Scarlet Letter. Throughout the novel, Pearl’s several…

1941. Many Americans were shaken by the Pearl Harbor attack, instilling fear and uncertainty in their hearts. It fueled a sense of patriotism and a fervent desire to protect the nation from further harm. The attack also led to a surge in enlistments as young men and women rushed to join the military and defend their country. Pearl Harbor was a defining moment in American history and changed the way people saw their country and themselves. "Watching Pearl Harbor being destroyed and thousands of…

The Pearl, Hotrodders, and Lullaby for 17. In the pearl Kino choose to keep the pearl and that's why his family was in danger. He could’ve chosen to just leave it there or not look for it at all. In Hotrodders they chose to play chicken and then they got killed. They could’ve prevented that by not playing at all or swerve. In the poem Lullaby for 17 her mom tried to teach her that men can be dangerous. She didn’t have to teach her but she chose too. First off Kino choose to keep the pearl. I…