It is simple to be loud. The effort it takes to state one’s opinion in a booming and unrestricted manner takes little to no effort at all. In John Steinbeck’s “The Pearl”, Kino, the main male character, allows his desires and emotions to control his actions. His beloved partner, Juana, is responsible for looking after the majority of their life by herself. She cooks, she cleans, and she cares for their child, Coyotito. Juana goes through her everyday routine without complaint or discontent. Even when disaster strikes, and their life is turned upside down, Juana remains the voice of stability. The role of women in this story is to be the silent strength behind the rise, climax, and fall of their family. In the beginning of the story, Juana is introduced as Kino’s wife: a soundless caregiver to her husband and son. She wakes up in the morning and immediately goes into her work for the day, not taking a moment to think about herself. She cooks breakfast, feeds her baby, and cleans the house before Kino even gets up in the morning. Her selflessness in her chores is just the beginning of Juana’s depth of caring. When disaster strikes in the form of a scorpion sting to Coyotito’s shoulder, Juana does not hesitate to act. By sucking the poison from her child’s wound, she proves that she is willing to immediately jump into action to maintain the safety of her loved ones. Safety comes at a price, however, as Juana and Kino soon realize. In order to get the doctor to help their son
In hopes to save their sick child, parents Juana and Kino rushed into town to see the doctor. All the neighbors heard Coyotito scream in pain which lead them to rush out of their brush houses to see what was wrong. After learning that the baby was stung them all accompanied the family into town. Kino’s brother, Juan Tomas, gave his account of the
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 image or a thousand words, which is more impacting? For decades now enthusiasts have participated in endless debates over films and novels. Whether it be a novel that is adapted into a film or a film that is converted into a novel, neither of the works will be an exact image of the other. Often the first piece will obtain mass amounts of popularity, thus influencing the production of itself in the opposing format; however, the mass majority of these occurrences end with a subpar recreation that is abhorred by fans. The Grapes of Wrath, on the other hand, was highly renowned and won awards as both a novel and a film. John Steinbeck published his novel in April of 1939, and it won the Pulitzer Prize and the
John Steinbeck’s novel, “East of Eden”, discloses the answer of right and wrong, good versus evil and overcoming sin with a simple Hebrew word “Timshel”, meaning thou mayest, allowing us the freedom to make our individual decisions or choose our path in life; it’s actually God’s perfect gift to everyone. In the beginning, God grants us free will so that we have the ability to love and accept him or not. However, had God not chosen to grant us free will, we would not be human as we know it today, for the original sin would never have occurred. Likewise, people’s inability to experience emotions of any kind, whatsoever, would turn us into mere mundane robots, forced to listen and answer to an authoritarian God. Lee plays an instrumental part in “East of Eden”, by not only bringing into focus “Timshel” and its meaning to the Trask family but through his strength and character as a whole, for without Lee “East of Eden” and the concept of “Timshel” is non-existent.
During the Great Depression, it was not uncommon to become morosely secluded while working. Men would go far away from their families in search of any jobs they could get, with only themselves to confide in; colleagues only filling in the void of friends and family partially. Naturally, John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men, written during this period, would reflect this fact as a major aspect of the story. Loneliness would become the sinew of Of Mice and Men, manifested in some of the story’s main characters: Candy, Crooks, and Curley’s wife. These allusions to loneliness are found throughout the book, mimicking the rampant disease of isolation at the time.
John Steinbeck is the author of several very successful books, one of which being The Long Valley. Steinbeck wrote about what he knew, regardless of whether or not it was appreciated by others. Not everyone was immediately enamored by his writing, as his hometown of Salinas “burned his books” (Curwen) when he was first beginning to write. However, as the stories gained popularity, Steinbeck was able to return to his origins and found the National Steinbeck Center. The Long Valley is made up of twelve different stories that consist of entirely different characters, but many similarities can be found throughout the different stories in addition to the differences. “The Harness” and “The Murder” are two stories that have both similarities and differences. The first story, “The Harness”, tells the story of a model farmer named Peter Randall, who is highly respected within the community. In the beginning of the story, Peter’s wife, Emma Randall, dies, and Peter becomes predictably hysterical. However, throughout the rest of the story, the reader learns how Peter’s wife had dominated her husband and made practically all of his decisions for him. The second story, “The Murder”, tells the story of another married couple. The main character, Jim Moore, marries a sweet foreign girl named Jelka; however, due to the communication barrier between the two, Moore begins to frequent brothels in order to communicate with other women. At the end of the story, Moore finds Jelka cheating on
When Kino suggests that he goes and Juana hides she refuses. When he commands and says it is his wish she still does not agree. This is the first time she has openly disagreed with Kino and the first time she is taking charge. It shows importance because it is the primary shift of gender roles between the couple even though it is minor. After Coyotito dies in the hands of Juana, Kino is left heartbroken and torn.
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.
For this book report, I have chosen to read the book, “The Pearl”. The book “The Pearl” has a very strong moral and plot. The book is classified under the genres “Fiction”, and “novella”. The book “The Pearl” has a total of 90 pages. John Steinbeck is the author of this book.
sell the pearl in order to pay for a doctor Coyotito needs, but the pearl buyers
He was once kind, but now he’s a mean man. Kino looked down at her and his teeth were bared. 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. And then the rage left him and a sick disgust took its place.
Although the past cannot be changed, the future is in your power. But what if power is the reason the future cannot be changed? The Pearl, by John Steinbeck, is a timeless story that is filled with metaphors for how avarice takes over humans. Although there is no easy way to get rid of it, Kino goes through many challenges to free himself from the troubles that come with possessing the power the pearl held. Kino went from a loving human to a dehumanized figure because he saw great wealth in the pearl, attacked in order to maintain the power it held and lost the ability to have emotions.
In a small fishing village by the name of La Paz, live a simple, content, and calm family. The family consists of a child, Coyotito, and husband and wife, Juana and Kino. Kino is a poor fisherman and pearl diver that is simply working to support his family that he cares for very much. In the novel, Kino eventually acquires a pearl that he hopes will change his life around. As a result, the whole of his village despises Kino. They envy him for the rarity that is the pearl. Kino envisions an education for Coyotito, a rifle, and a marriage in a church, but realistically, the pearl shows death and more morbid outcomes such as Juana being beaten, and Coyotito being ill. Throughout the novel, the pearl noticeably has an impact on Kino's
Juana is a cautious person who knows the importance of caring for her family. She extracts venom out of her baby, not caring if it harmed her. Although the doctor does not see her race, she is going to see the doctor anyway for her baby. Despite the fact she can get great fortune for the pearl, Juana attempts to throw it into the ocean because she thinks it is harmful to the family and puts them at risk. Juana always tries her best to keep her family safe in any given scenario.
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