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
Throughout the book there are many themes and the one I chose to use was greed. Greed was present in many instances like; the doctor didn't want to help Coyotito because Kino and Juana couldn’t pay him what he wanted. He finally decided to help after he heard that they had found a perfect pearl and he wanted it for himself. The priest wanted it to help repair and make changes for the church. “It came to the priest walking in his garden, and it put a thoughtful look in his eyes and a memory of certain repairs necessary to the church”(Steinbeck 34). The pearl buyers also demonstrated greed because they tried telling Kino that it was worth nothing and that it was too big. Kino was a happy and hardworking father until he had found the pearl. The pearl changed him and it turned mean and greedy. When Juana tried throwing it back Kino fought her for the pearl back left her on the beach. Also, the many attackers who tried taking the pearl away from them, which made it to where they were trying to kill Kino, Juana, and Coyotito so they can get the pearl. The biggest symbol that represents greed was the pearl.(Symbolism in the Pearl)
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.
As humans we are designed to desire what we do not have, what others have, and what we have little of. The feeling of wanting can change our values and morals. We blind ourselves with greed that makes us do things that we will regret in the future. In The Pearl by John Steinbeck, he connects avarice with human behavior by portraying it through the main character Kino. John Steinbeck shows the destruction of a man’s humbleness through the desire of acquisitiveness and the effects it has. As a result we see that within an individual, greed and ambition can consume ourselves which may lead to violence.
Personally, I think Kino is a fool because he let his life crumble away because of a stupid pearl here are three examples of his foolishness. First of all he let the pearl make him greedy as a person, second of all it made him hit and abuse (Juana) his wife. Then third of all he also let (Coyotito) his son get shot and killed due to his selfishness and foolishness, those are all three of the reasons I believe Kino is a fool.
In the world, greed is extremely powerful and can take over someone in the blink of an eye. It is not something that people can quickly recover from, and this is beautifully portrayed in the novel The Pearl, by John Steinbeck. In The Pearl, greed overtakes a man named Kino who has a wonderful family. He ends up finding a pearl and wanting more than he can get. This destroys his family and shows him that he should be grateful for what he has.
In the novel “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck there lived a humble family in a small village in La Paz, Mexico. Kino was the head of the family, he was a loving husband and a caring father. Juana was his wife and Coyotito the infant son. All the family owned was a canoe that belonged to Kino that was passed down from generation to generation as inherence. Kino worked as a pearl diver which was what there whole life depended on. During one of Kino’s dives he found the pearl of the world. This pearl symbolizes many things such as hope, greed, wealth and evil. In the beginning for Kino it first meant hope which later came to be evil. As for the neighbors everyone felt happy for him but later turned out to become greedy.
In the novella, The Pearl, Kino is faced with many decisions that later impact his life in ways that he could never image. The Pearl tells the tale of a great pearl that could change the life of any man. Kino happened to be this man, but this great pearl caused nothing but havoc and harm to come upon his family. When they were running from all of the trouble the pearl had caused them, Kino’s son died, their hut burned down in the attempt to get away, and Kino had become a man of anger and violence.
John Steinbeck's fiction novella, The Pearl, takes place in a small village in La Paz, on the coast of the Baja Peninsula. Kino, the protagonist, is a pearl diver. One day, when Kino is pearl diving, he finds a large pearl that he knows can sell for lots of money. When Kino finds the pearl he realizes that he can treat his son, Coyotito who is stung by a scorpion. Before Kino finds the Pearl, he is a nice, family man who treats his family with great respect. However, the pearl leads to immoral behavior, which disconnects Kino from his family. A moral developing throughout The Pearl is that greed can destroy a person’s life.
In the end, the pearl destroys Kino’s family. Throughout the story John Steinbeck incorporates the theme that materialism and greed can lead to immoral and violent acts. He develops his theme through a sequence of unfortunate events that are peppered throughout the story, each event shows how evil and strong the feelings of greed over the pearl are.
Greed has been a common theme throughout the novel, The Pearl. Literary devices such as foreshadowing, characterization, and symbolism were used throughout the novel to describe what events occurred and how the characters dealt with their emotions. All the residents in La Paz were affected by the power of the pearl. However, the person that was affected the most by the greed of the pearl was Kino. Greed changed Kino’s attitude, made him hurt those he loved, and created evil in the environment around his family.
Greed is perhaps one of the most destructive forces in this world, it breeds anger, hate, jealousy, and more. The novella “The Pearl” is based on how the finding of a pearl causes greed to be awakened in the hearts of people and cause them to commit evil. During the Novella, Steinbeck develops the theme that greed left unchecked can cause immoral behavior and that is show in the doctor, the attackers, and Kino. All of them are forced by greed to commit sins that they otherwise would not do.
“Greed, in the end, fails even the greedy.” – Cathryn Louis. When a person becomes greedy, eventually their greed fails them in some way, shape, or form. The downfall can be destructive, or not. In the novella The Pearl by John Steinbeck, greed plays a symbolic role in the form of a pearl found by a man named Kino. The theme “greed is a destructive force” can be depicted through Kino’s downfall due to his attachment to the Pearl of the World.
Happiness is a lovely thing, but greed can easily poison its light. John Steinbeck, the author of the novella, The Pearl, shows how easily something is tainted. This parable describes a simple fisherman, Kino, and his discovery of a magnificent pearl. This pearl becomes an omen, and his whole world changes, growing dark and ominous. Throughout the story, what Kino perceives as important in life changes as he tries to cope with his internal conflicts.
Kino a loving father and husband whom had dreams for his family, as shown in steinbeck’s The Pearl. But fate led him to a pearl of exqwizit magnificence. This pearl assured the dreams he wanted for his family, to marry ied to his wife Juana, and for his son Coyotito to get a proper education. But because of Kino’s obsessive attitude over the pearl it doomed his family to a different path, one with fear, death, and corruption. Juana his loving wife whom was spectacle of what Kino was doing and questioned him “Who do you fear?” (35) Kino answered with “Everyone”(36). You may argue that Kino’s actions are being based on greed therefore greed is responsible for the death of Coyotito and the destruction of the family, I invalidate that argument because greed is an emotion. Greed, is an emotion and emotions cannot control you, you have the ability control your emotions. DO NOT READ THE RED “In my target essay, I argued that emotions can be controlled, in the sense that we can shape or influence which emotions we have, when we have them, and how we experience and express these emotions.”
In conclusion, Steinbeck’s novella demonstrates how innocence and hope is destroyed by greed and ambition. Kino seeks to gain wealth and status through the pearl. As he does so, he transforms from a happy father, who was content with his current life, to a greedy person, who can see no good in anything except for the pearl. The pearl, which originally represented Kino’s hope and innocence, is destroyed by