The Pearl

One of the main things that causes family divorces is one of the spouses is being greedy and selfish. In the book The Pearl, Kino was on the verge of causing his family to split up. When Kino found the pearl all he wanted was to make his son better, but as the story continued on he became more greedy with the pearl. The theme of the story is greed takes over things you love. Kino proved this theme true by, in the beginning not caring about the money and only caring about wanting his son to get…

different? Well, in the novel, “The Pearl,” with the author John Steinbeck he has a pearl symbolize lots of things in the novel. Kino the main character, Kino finds the pearl and the rest of the novel is like the pearl taking control of his family life. Well the pearl symbolizes life in some occasion of the book. Also, the pearl in the novel symbolizes the corrupting power of materialism, which destroys everything worthwhile in Kino's family life. To begin with, Kino the pearl symbolizes in the…

The Black Pearl “Doing the right thing is not the problem. Knowing what the right thing is, that’s the challenge.” -Lyndon B. Johnson. Ramon Salazar is a 16-year-old boy who works for his father’s pearl business. When one of his father’s best pearl divers, Gaspar Ruiz, starts boasting about his many achievements, Ramon is determined to find a pearl greater than any Gaspar had ever found. Everyone agrees Ramon did go diving, while some think it would be a great chance for him to prove himself,…

conflict in his novel, The Black Pearl, to show how Ramon starts to grow through realizations in his life and how others act to him and how others react around him. This establishes a sense of growing up and maturity for Ramon. After being denied a diving trip from his father, Ramon wants to prove to himself that he can do good things and that he can go dive so he finds Soto Luzon, one his father’s friends, to take him. When Ramon ends up finding the black pearl when he was diving, he is even…

How I Relate to The Pearl A parable is a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson. The Pearl is a great example is a parable because Kino is used to show how something good can ruin your life. When he finds the “Pearl of the World,” his wife Juana knows that it will make them evil. I felt that Kino was already turning evil because every offer that he got for The Pearl, Kino turned it down. I was not expecting Kino to be so…

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…

The Pearl: Novella vs. Motion Picture The John Steinbeck novella, The Pearl, and the movie of the same name have many differences, but they both follow the same mood, emotions, and symbols. The novella and the movie both give you the feeling of what it was like to live in that time and place. There were many deep personal connections in the book and the movie that was subtle, but were portrayed well enough that readers and audiences would be able to understand. John Steinbeck 's…

The Pearl: Greeds The Pearl, by John Steinbeck, is a novel that depicts the fact that greed can take over a life and the peace of a town. When a penniless pearl diver, Kino, finds what he calls the Pearl of the World, it changes his life. Throughout this novel, Steinbeck uses literary devices to express the way greed can change a small town and a family. The author uses tools such as symbolism, characterization, and foreshadowing to add life to the story. These literary devices all express…

A pearl is an item that is glorified for its extravagant beauty, but how can a thing with such beauty cause such an ugly demise? “The Pearl” was written by John Ernst Steinbeck in 1947. Steinbeck was an author known for using experiences from his from his travels, the people he met during those, and his own life experiences, such as his marriages to inspire beautiful novels giving insight to the lives and struggles of others he hoped to better shape other’s lives. In this novel, Steinbeck takes…

One day the poor fisherman.Kino,finds “the pearl of the world,perfect as the moon”(steinbeck 10). To be precise, In the novella The Pearl by steinbeck, Kino is a very poor man that does not have money. Juana his wife and coyotito his son all live in a brush house in La Paz on the Gulf of Mexico.Kino decides to go pearl diving to find a pearl to help coyotito because he got stung by a scorpion. Therefore,When kino finds the pearl of the world it brings him great fortune and also great evil to his…