"People who want...everything all at once usually end up getting nothing."1 This is exactly what happened in The Pearl, a book by John Steinbeck published in 1947 In the novella, the main character, Kino is influenced by wealth, when he finds a pearl the size of a seagull's egg-the pearl of the world. Though many people, especially today, would say that wealth creates happiness due to the fact that wealth gives you a home, food, and many other luxuries. But, people can be negatively persuaded by