How Is Kino A Tragic Hero

“ The acquisition of wealth is a work of great labor; its possession, a source of continual fear; its loss, of excessive grief.” This quote can apply in our lives and even some books we read like The Pearl. In the book, The Pearl, the wealth of Kino and his family is the pearl they find. It’s possession caused them great fear and labor from the beginning of the book, and it caused them grief towards the end. This quote applies to all parts of the book, and we will examine into all of the chapters to take a closer look.

The author shows a continuous moral in the story. The author suggests that greed in the root of evil. The author states , “For Kino was a well- liked man; it would be a shame if the pearl destroyed him.” This phrase also foreshadows future events and conflicts in the story.

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.

“And to Kino the secret melody of the maybe pearl broke clear and beautiful, rich and warm and lovely, gloating and glowing in triumph.” (Steinbeck 20). This is one of many memorable quotes from John Steinbeck’s classic, The Pearl. While this story is composed of only eighty-seven pages, the author packs the book with more meaning and teaching than many authors have been able to in hundreds. Set in a small village in La Paz, Mexico, the tale deals with many topics, themes, and issues.

The pearl begins a myth, no one has ever seen The Pearl before, and therefore, The Pearl is noted as a dream. When news of the finding of the great pearl is heard, the pearl buyers in La Paz attempt to scam Kino by lowering the price. “The essence of pearl mixed with essence of men and a curious dark residue was precipitated. Every man suddenly became related to Kino’s pearl, and Kino’s pearl went into the dreams, the speculations, the schemes, the plans, the futures, the wishes, the needs, the lusts, the hungers, of everyone, and only one person stood in the way and that was Kino, so that he became curiously every man’s enemy” (29). The fisherman are jealous, the doctor, friends, every single person in La Paz wants a ‘taste’ of The Pearl and will go to dangerous ends to acquire it. Greed is evil and corrupts the pure system of La Paz, including Kino. “The news stirred up something infinitely black and evil in the town; the black distillate was like the scorpion, or like hunger in the smell of food, or like loneliness when love

“Kino has found the Pearl of the World.” (Chapter 3, page 11 on PDF) It has become the pearl of the world because due to the poverty of the village, they want the pearl for themselves and becoming more stable, everybody wants the pearl of the village and Kino has to protect

"He saw her move toward the fireplace...she was black in the doorway, and then she was gone...Her arm was up to throw when he leaped at her and caught her arm and wrenched the pearl from her"(58-59). Juana steals the pearl because she can see its terrible consequences if they keep it. Juana's attempted theft of the pearl shows that even Kino's closest family member cares for him enough to try to throw the pearl away to keep Kino from suffering its unknown consequences. "It is the pearl," said Juan Tomas. "There is a devil in this pearl. You should have sold it and passed on the devil. Perhaps you can still sell it and buy peace for yourself" (65). Juan Tomas worries for his brother and his family's safety so he advises Kino to sell it cheaply to have peace again. Kino's own brother warned him about the pearl's dangers even though is Kino did become rich, he would have given some of the money to Juan Tomas which meant that Juan Tomas was sincerely scared for Kino about the pearl's consequences and not out of greediness for

When the priest goes to see the pearl that kino has he says, “‘ I hope thou wilt remember to give thanks,my son, to him who has thee this treasure…”’(28). This shows that the priest is trying to get money for his church. He knows if he makes it appear that a god gave him this gift he will give some of it back to the god aka, the church were the priest works. Comparatively when kino went to sell the pearl to the dealers made him think,”’ each of the three knew the pearl

‘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.

Our protagonist was not satisfied with his wealth and let the monster that is greed overtake him. In the story The Pearl we see Kino’s relationship with his family spiral out of control. We perceive Kino devolve from valuing his time with his family to lusting after more and more earthly belongings.

The people try to give Kino their low-quality items for a pearl of extreme value. This shows that greed can cause people to turn against each other for their own profit or gain. The poorest people in the city try to get the pearl. Even the city’s religious

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

In the novella “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck he introduces many themes such as “Challenging the accepted customs of a society is difficult.” Kino tries to challenge the customs of a society in many parts of this short story and especially when he finds the pearl. Eventually kino tries to gain power from the the pearl but the doctor, three robbers, and three pearl buyers make this very difficult for Kino. The author uses those characters to express the theme “Challenging the accepted customs of a society is difficult.”

When the doctor asks Kino for payment, Kino says that his plan is to sell the pearl the next day. The doctor offers to keep the pearl for Kino, and Kino refuses the request, but the doctor tricks Kino into revealing where Kino has hidden the pearl. That night, Kino hears someone in the hut, draws his knife and strikes out at the figure and draws blood, but is hit over the head with a heavy object. Juana senses that the pearl is evil and begs Kino to throw the pearl back into the sea, but Kino refuses, believing still that the pearl will give them better lives than they have. On the day that Kino is to sell the pearl, the other divers do not go diving. Kino and Juana begin the trip to the pearl buyers, followed by the entire village. The first pearl buyer to whom Kino offers to sell the pearl offers Kino a small amount of money for the pearl, saying that the pearl is too big and no one else will buy it. He sends word to the other pearl buyers in town to come to his office and appraise the pearl. When the three new pearl buyers arrive at the first 's office, the three of them have already planned together what each will offer Kino. Kino, realizing that the pearl buyers are working together to get the pearl for the least amount of money, says that he will go to the capital to sell his pearl. The first pearl buyer raises his offer to buy the pearl, but it is too late; Kino leaves. That night, Kino hears noises outside the hut and goes outside to check

So everyone start to hate Kino hate his family.But Kino and his family don't know this thing.He start to think his future think what do he want and he wan his son to go to school right now he is very rich just because that pearl. Another day morning the doctor come to Kino’s house he want to save Kino’s son to got that pearl.But Kino refuse the doctor. when the doctor save his son Kino say when he sell that pearl he will pay to him for he save his son. Kino already know everyone want to get his pearl. At the night time his wife juana ask him what do you afraid.Kino answer he scare all the people.When Kino sleep someone come to Kino’s house try to stole the pearl but Kino already up and kill that person to protect his pearl.And his wife juana is very nervous and very scarce she try to make Kino give up the pearl she say that pearl is evil.But Kino just say tomorrow everything is end when sell the pearl everything is end.But Kino still have that pearl when the new day coming. Because all the buyer say that pearl not very good only a buyer say he can buy at one thousand five hundred to buy this pearl.Kino know they all lie to him so he say he will sell at the capitol. Juana Kino’s wife try