Essay On The Perfect Pearl

When they reach the Gulf, Juana hands the pearl back to Kino knowing he must be the one to throw it. The pearl lands in the ocean and settles where it formed. Kino and Juana are now left to pick up the pieces and recover from the

First, Kino’s call to adventure with Coyotito being savagely stung by a scorpion and Kino having to find money for the doctor to pay for Coyotito’s medical treatment, second,Kino’s allies that will be by his side no matter what and lastly the examples of how Kino is truly a tragic hero. In John Steinbeck's novella, The Pearl the text gives many hints and clues that the novel follows the pattern of a Hero's Journey. This essay will cover the 3 main aspects of Kino's Journey which eventually leads to his ultimate sacrifice. My claim is significant and relevant to The Pearl because without the three main aspects to Kino’s Journey, the novel would not be the award winning, captivating book that it

Kino was attacked by mean trying to steal the pearl. He killed one of them in self-defense but Juana tells him that does not matter. He will still face consequences from the townspeople once the body is found in the morning.

However, Kino was enraged with anger at Juana for trying to throw away his pearl. The pearl had changed him for the worse, it had become part of him he loved the pearl. Kino would do anything to make sure that nothing would happen to it, even if it meant beating up his wife in order to save his pearl.

Although Kino performed many heroic acts, he also acted foolishly in various circumstances. He lives with his wife Juana and his son Coyotito. The novel tells his story when he happens to find a large pearl in the beach that has the capacity to either bring him death or happiness. After finding this big pearl, he believes that this is going to the beginning of a new chapter for him and his family because poverty was eventually going to leave them. His foolishness was first seen when he announced the pearl that he had found making everyone to try to steal it from him. Knowing the worth of the pearl, he should have kept the information to himself and sold it later. After seeing what people were able to do to him because of the pearl, he should have just sold it at the price the buyers said because it eventually led to the death of his son. The buyers only referred to it as a ‘fool’s gold’ and that it was not worth anything. Kino’s greed put his family in danger and caused the death of his only son. Even after he was convinced that the pearl was evil by his wife, he says, "The pearl has become my soul. If I shall give it up, I

     John Steinbeck’s The Pearl is a Novella, which is longer than a short story and shorter than a novel. The story is about a poor mexican family and the father Kino, whose occupation is diving for pearls off the Baja peninsula. After retrieving the pearl the family becomes wealthy and content and soon after the father turns into a criminal. This shows how greed and aspiration can demolish innocence. Steinbeck's motive for creating the book was to show the reader that the cause of all this stress and chaos is because of poverty. As illustrated in The Pearl, people call for desperate measures when poverty

News of the pearl travels quickly. when kino and juana return home people start to gather around them. kino starts making plans on what he is going to do with the money from the pearl. he tells everyone he is going to get married, going to buy new clothes for his family, buy a rifle and send coyotito to school. the priest comes to say that the church would need the pearl for repairs, juana respects the father’s words but kino was too busy on hearing the song of evil and the song of the pearl. when everyone leaves kino starts to think that everyone has it for the pearl and he is the only thing in their way. later the doctor and his servant come to kino’s home and he offers his services. he tells kino about the poison and he treats coyotito.

To meet her goal, Juana had to tolerate the conflict the pearl gave her family, and Kino. Juana knew the pearl was attracting problems, and though she trusted Kino, she still felt hesitant about the entire situation. Juana knew that getting rid of the pearl would make the colonists leave them alone, and then she eventually decided that she would have to get rid of the pearl herself without Kino’s consent. “He hissed at her like a snake, and Juana stared at him with wide unfrightened eyes, like a sheep before the butcher. She knew there was murder in him, and it was all right; she had accepted it, and she would not resist or even protest.”

When the injured Juana returns to their home, she sees “a dead man in the path and Kino’s knife, dark bladed beside him.” Kino has become so determined to get what he wants that he kills a man for trying to take the pearl from him, committing a violent act that shatters any hope at peace. Juana sees that there is “nothing to do but save themselves,” because this act has finally destroyed any hope at returning to “the old peace” unscathed. Kino is not the only one to be violent, however. After the murder, Kino goes to find his boat.

As the morning begins Kino and Juana see a scorpion sneak down into their baby’s box where he knocks it onto himself, even though Kino kills it the baby gets stung. As they run to the doctor, because he will not come to them, get the information that he will not see the baby because Kino can not pay, so Juana sucks out the poison leaving the baby fine.

At nightfall, he confronts a robber who attacks him with vicious speed. Kino staggers away from the fight with “a long deep cut in his cheek…[and] a deep bleeding slash” (pg. 55). The robber was obviously seeking the pearl and the effect of his actions ended with Kino being severely injured. This is followed by Kino beating up his wife after discovering her attempt to throw away the pearl at dusk. Juana felt like a “sheep before the butcher” (pg. 58) but she understood the drastic measures which Kino resorted to. After Kino’s surge of anger, he returns to his home only to discover more “dark figures” (pg.58) lurking about frantically trying to steal the pearl. He lunges and plunges his knife into one figure. The result is fatal. After Kino’s murder, him and Juana have no choice but to flee to the city to be rid of the cursed pearl but instead, find their boat destroyed which in turn just ruined his lifelong financial support. In this scenario the pearl causes Kino to be attacked, beat up his loving wife, murder a man and forces him and his family to flee the

The main life-altering decision that Kino had to make was to retain possession of the pearl or to throw it away, like Juana insisted. “‘Kino, this pearl is evil. Let us destroy it before it destroys us. Let us crush it between two stones. Let us--let us throw it back in the sea where it belongs.

The pearl's evil infects Kino like a ravaged disease and consumes his mind. He starts off with good intentions, but they become twisted. He wants to sell the pearl and use the money to better his family's lifestyle. He has dreams and goals that each depends on the pearl selling for a good price. Juana sensing the evil and greed coming from Kino attempts to destroy it. Kino beats her unmercifully. "He struck her in the face and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side...He hissed at her like a snake and she stared at him with wide unfrightened eyes, like a sheep before a butcher." Juana sees through the outer beauty of the pearl and knew it would destroy Kino and herself. Kino's vision from the soul becomes blurred by the possible prosperity the pearl will bring. The evil invades Kino's life as well as everyone he knows and loves.

The Pearl written by John Steinbeck is a parable, a story that teaches a moral lesson. The focus of this novel is on a poor Indian family. The family consists of three members: Kino, a husband, father, and fisherman, Juana, his wife and loving mother; and Coyotito their infant son. This indigent family lives in a small brush hut along the Gulf of Mexico by the town of La Paz. One day Coyotito, is bitten by a scorpion; a scorpion sting can be deadly to a baby. Kino and Juana are very worried over the health of their baby; therefore, they hope to find a pearl worthy enough for the doctor’s payment to the doctor to treat Coyotito. With luck on their side, Kino finds a pearl the size of a seagull’s egg; he calls it “The Pearl of the

Finally, Kino returns to La Paz and throws the pearl into the sea. Kino, a