The Pearl

Scarlet Letter, Pearl, Hester Prynne 's daughter, is a living version of her mother 's scarlet letter and is similarly described as so. Descriptions of Pearl used by Hawthorne and those surrounding her give her a preternatural quality, making her image beyond that of humans. Throughout the novel, Pearl is used as both an indication of Hester Prynne 's adultery and the conscience of others until the day of Dimmesdale 's death, in which she is fully transformed from a symbol to a human. Pearl,…

In John Steinbeck’s “The Pearl”, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman “The Yellow Wallpaper” (TWY), both examine the idea of the difference in power between different people. Charlotte gives clues of this, by having the husband be dismissive toward his wife, and not taking Charlotte's opinion on what she thinks that would be the best treatment for herself. However, John Steinbeck shows this difference by having the pearl dealers and/or doctors hired people to try and take the pearl away from Kino, and…

"His body glided quietly across the room, noiselessly and smoothly. His hands were in front of him, palms down, and his eyes were on the scorpion." This scene plays out on page 6 of John Steinbeck's The Pearl. The setting of John Steinbeck's The Pearl takes place in La Paz, Mexico. Some interesting details that drew me into reading this novel is the storyline of the novel. The storyline relates to the storyline of Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea where both protagonists from each book…

I have chosen to explore the theme discrimination against people by how they are treated in society by their identity. This theme is evidence in a novel, The Pearl by John Steinbeck, also in the films Whale Rider by Niki Caro, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by Mark Herman and the song I Am Not My Hair, by India.Arie ft Akon. In the film Whale Rider by Niki Caro, a 12-year-old girl named Pai, who was born in a tribe where the first born of a male son is to lead the tribe. Right from the moment…

it takes on her and those around her. This sin – adultery – was born from passion, and from that passion was born a child named Pearl. Pearl is a living, physical entity of the sin. Hawthorne reveals the character Pearl’s nature in the Scarlet Letter through the text by shaping her personal qualities, her symbolic value, and her function in the plot. Immediately, Pearl becomes locked into a role. Her role is to play the flesh of the scarlet letter, which is the mark that her mother must wear on…

the pearl because it has turned into a burden for the family, it’s caused so many mishaps to the family. He refuses to listen to her so, she goes behind his back and dig up the pearl early in the morning. He wakes up, follows her, grabs the pearl, and: “... struck her in the face with his clenched fist...and he kicked her in the side”(Steinbeck 59). If he ever had conflict with Juana before the pearl, he would have been patient and tried to talk it out with her. He isdesperate for the pearl that…

Hester’s daughter Pearl is brilliant, creative, and full of beauty. Her character is introduced as a constant reminder of her mother’s mistakes, yet she develops for the duration of the book as a symbol of love and passion. Through the use of setting, allusion, metaphor, irony, diction, and tone, Hawthorne creates what was once an elf-like demon of a child and turns her into a more likeable character via redemption. Overall, Hawthorne’s purpose for writing Pearl was to embody Hester’s desires,…

The book that I chose to read for this class was Still Alice by Lisa Genova. The reason that I chose to read this book out of all three of our choices was because a movie is actually currently in production called Still Alice which is based directly off this book. I was actually quite surprised to learn that this was Genova’s first book because it is so well written. Book Review: To start off, this book is about an older woman named Alice Howland who is professor at the prestigious Harvard…

Personal Response Human beings are forced to face certain adversities in life to define who they are? And what do they stand for in ethical values to reinforce who they are. In life each individual is different as the circumstances are not the same to everyone however how we react in those circumstance made who you are. Certainly everyone reacts different, but some factors help in shaping who we are as is the cases of baby, they relieve in their parents, their environment and the values they…

Douglas Horton once said, “ While seeking revenge, dig two graves-one for yourself.” Revenge is an interesting topic, and many people have many different takes on it. However, revenge is almost always detrimental to all parties involved. In Edgar Allen Poe’s “Cask of the Amontillado”, Montresor seeks revenge against Fortunato who has wronged him in the past. In Pierre Morel’s Taken, the main character takes revenge on an organization that has been terrorizing his family. Both stories have much…