How Does Steinbeck Show A Lack Of Greed

In John Steinbeck’s novella, The Pearl, he conveys that wealth can corrupt and change by displaying how the pearl changes the lives Kino, Juana, and Coyotito, leads to their downfall and how it also affects the town of La Paz.

An excellent example of greed consuming people are the attackers. They were willing to do whatever was necessary to get the pearl from Kino and become wealthy. “Greedy fingers went through

Some ways the author showed how greed took over Kino was by using characterization, foreshadowing, and symbolism. Through characterization the author showed how Kino was overtaken by greed. In the beginning of The Pearl, Kino was a humble man who cared about his family before all else. “Kino’s eyes opened, and he first looked at the lightening square which was the door and then he looked at the hanging box where Coyotito slept” (Steinbeck 1). This quote from the beginning of the book shows how Kino watched out for his family and made sure they came first.

Kino, the pearl buyers, and the doctor are all greedy characters in “The Pearl” for many reasons, such as cheating Kino out of the pearl, kino not throwing it away after bed things happen, etc. More reasons will be discussed. Kino is greedy because he wont get rid of the pearl no matter what, even when he is almost killed, has his house burned down, and is almost robbed. He insists on the pearl leading them to a better life but keeping it just results in them having to run away from their home and Coyotito being killed. He goes so far to kill people so that he can keep the pearl when he is up on the mountain pass trying to get away.

The Buyers are greedy because they wanted to purchase the pearl for a very small amount, in hopes that Kino would be foolish and take the deal of that small amount. The first Buyer wanted to cheat Kino by offering a thousand pesos (Steinbeck 50). “And the dealer felt a little tremor of fear” (Steinbeck 51) indicates that the Buyer was indeed scamming Kino. The Buyers had to make a life-altering decision; whether to give Kino the correct amount of money or to scam him. “Do not include me in the discussion...

After reading The Pearl, there many people in the tragedy with many and many people were involved but only one was affected. People are being blamed for the death of Kino, and everyone is innocent. Only one person should take the blame for it. The greed is to blame for the tragedy of the baby’s death, the baby was shot by the hunter, the bullet had flew by right beside Kino. In this story all of the characters show how human nature can cause greediness.

‘My pearl is not for sale here. I will go, perhaps even to the capital’” (52). In pursuit of the pearl buyers trying to cheat Kino for a cheap price for the pearl, Kino gets furious because the pearl buyers think that the natives are easy to be taken advantage of.

Greed is a desire for something or selfishness and is not a favorable characteristic to possess. Greed is depicted many ways throughout the novel The Pearl through the main character Kino, a poverty-stricken brush house Indian who finds “the pearl of the world” while pearl diving. Greed changed Kino mentally and changed his life. Kino's greed reshaped his family, Juana and Coyotito, his wife and baby, and destroys their lives as well. Kino tries to throw his desirous ways away, yet greed cannot just walk out of his life in a simple way, it must take everything important to him first.

In John Steinbeck’s The Pearl, a young man named Kino, his wife, Juana, and their infant child, Coyotito, find a pearl so magnificent that many people will attack Kino to get it. The pearl causes Kino to be overcome with greed and desire and brings misfortune upon him and his family.

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed.” -Mahatma Gandhi. In The Pearl by John Steinbeck, the pearl symbolizes greed and changes Kino into a greedy person. The pearl’s symbolization transforms from opportunity to greed to evil, reflecting the theme of greed being destructive and evil.

The story holds great importance towards the actions of the people in opposition to the generalization of their systematic society, this story also holds a strong moral lesson. The story holds great importance towards the actions of the people in opposition to the generalization of their systematic society, this story also holds a strong moral lesson. Kino, the protagonist of the story, feels that he has been cheated and decides to go somewhere else to sell his pearl this area stresses the fact that he is going against the way of life and the function of their society. His brother tells him, “all of us have been cheated our whole lives… You have defied not the pearl buyers, but the whole structure, the way of life…”(54). This shows that there

Another example of greed is shown when Juana takes the pearl from Kino to throw back into the sea. Kino realizes what she is doing and goes after her. Just as Juana is about to discard the pearl, Kino grabs her arm and wrenches the pearl from her. He punches her in the face and when she falls on the boulders, he kicks her in the side. The following quote establishes the violence that Kino unleases on his wife in order to protect his precious pearl from harm, due to his greediness of what the pearl will bring to him and his family: “…Rage surged in Kino. He leaped at Juana and wrenched the pearl from her…with clenched fists, struck her in the face…kicked her in the side…Greedy fingers went through his clothes” (58-59).

Greed can hurt others. When someone becomes greedy, he or she treats people differently most of the time in a harmful way. The longer Kino has the pearl the more he changes. When Junan wanted to end the hurt the pearl has caused she took it in the night to throw it in the ocean. When Kino saw he was overcome with anger. This led to Kino assaulting the one he loved most . Kino does this because he grows blinded with anger. Kino never laid a hand on Juana before the pearl. He only thought loving thoughts about her. The greed in his life made him blind to the love he once felt. Greed also brought hurt to Kino and his town. People were so driven by greed they were willing to kill a baby and burn down Kino and Juanas home for the pearl. This could

In the book, “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck, the authors shares many themes with the reader such as how greed is a catastrophic force that destroys, the way events can change life in a great unexpected way, and how the way colonial society believed they had a superiority to native people. Kino was content with his life before the pearl, and after he discovers the pearl he wants riches, wealth, status, and a “better” life for his son. The need and want for these materialistic things corrupted Kino’s innocence, and the pearl’s. Kino’s desire and ambition for wealth perverted the pearl’s naturally purity, good luck and natural beauty. Kino’s greed caused him to be violent towards his wife, his son’s death; his son one of the causes of his initial

When Juana tries to tell him that the pearl is evil, he doesn’t believe her. He says, “No one shall take our good fortune from us.” Kino is determined to sell the pearl and become rich; no one seems to be able to tell him otherwise. He also says, “This pearl has become my soul. If I give it up, I shall lose my soul.”