Kino's Greed

Pearl, Kino’s greed leads to his downfall because he does not sell the pearl, he fights for the pearl, and he believes that the pearl can change his family’s life. Kino is acting greedy when he goes to the pearl buyer to sell his pearl. When kino is on his way to the pearl buyer his brother “ Juan Tomas cautioned “ (45) Kino that the pearl buyer might cheat him. Kino acts greedy when he doesn’t accept the 1000 pesos the pear buyer offers. Kino asks for 50,000 pesos because of his greed, but the

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. First of all Kino became greedy when he felt entitled to a higher amount

evil. Also that Kino to be was being driven by greed. Throughout the book it seemed, like the pearl did not only effect him to act greedy. It also made him think about the good outcomes of the pearl. Why? Well because The Pearl also showed the wealthiness Kino was able to have to provide his family to get out the poor area, La Paz, Mexico. But it mainly showed that the destruction of the pearl in Kino's’ life. In an area of the book, Kino’s greed was leading him to behave violently toward his

plagued with vexation. His benevolence and good intentions are soon overcome by his greed. The collective rapacity of Kino and other people precipitates misfortune and violence around Kino. This eventually leads to Coyotito 's death. The

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