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    The Pearl Analysis Eriana Valencia per.2 The Pearl by John Steinbeck is a story of a family their names are kino, juana, and coyotito. Until something happened to them in their life,everything changed after what they found. Kino’s life was chaotic after he found the”pearl of the world” but he learned a lesson at the end. Kino had peace in him in the beginning of the story he loved his family everything was peaceful in his life before the pearl.his mornings were very peaceful”kino

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    in various cities in California, as well as islands in China. The two main characters of the novel are Pearl Louie Brandt and Winnie Louie. Pearl is the daughter of Winnie Louie. She is a women that is stuck in between two cultures. She is very distanced from her mother. They did not have a strong and close relationship. She even kept secrets from her mother. At the beginning of the novel it is very noticeable that Pearl feels out of place with her Chinese culture. Winnie Louie is the main narrator

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    characterizes innocent looking Pearl, who plays as a wolf in the sheep’s skin that brings adversities to her surroundings, by using her actions, thoughts, and speeches, and he shapes a vivacious Pearl in order to form a contrast with the depressing Puritan society. Mentioning Pearl as “worthy to have been brought forth in Eden”, “imbued with a spell of infinite variety”, and comparing Pearl’s voice to the sweet warble sound of birds, Hawthorne first brought an immaculate Pearl into the readers’ sight (Chap

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    In The Scarlet Letter, author Nathaniel Hawthorne portrays Hester's daughter Pearl as a unknowingly mischievous child that is in some way always adding to Hester's ultimate guilt and punishment of her past sin. In the story a young, beautiful woman, Hester Prynne, committed a sin which was a very serious offense against the Puritan community. Hester had many different forms of punishment such as guilt, shame, standing on a scaffold in the village, and the scarlet letter. After the initial shock

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    main character of the story is the name that appears most often in the text. This is just a poor example of imprinting that so often misleads humans, they simply follow basic patterns and never stray from the path. Nathaniel Hawthorne was not the average human though, he strayed from the path. In his novel The Scarlet Letter, he demonstrates that the main character, in this case Pearl, does not even have to be in a large portion of the book. Everything that occurs in the story is due to Pearl, all

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    Hunter Rittle Mrs. Voshell Honors English 10 6 January 2016 Pearl as a Symbol Throughout the Scarlet Letter In the novel, “The Scarlet Letter”, a woman named Hester Prynne commits a sin. She commits the sin of adultery which results in the birth of her daughter Pearl. Hester now has to wear a scarlet letter on her chest for the rest of her life. Unbeknownst to everyone else except Hester, Dimmesdale, is the father of Pearl. Hester’s husband, Roger Chillingworth, now seeks revenge for what Hester

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    The Pearl Good Vs Evil

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    others. In “The Pearl” the continuous fight between good and evil was present throughout the whole novel. This battle was caused by the pearl’s appearance in a difficult time. The pearls appearance was the start of several unlucky events. Many characters in the novel saw the pearl as something good in the story, but Barclay W. Bates states that ”The great pearl brings not happiness but misery”(Bates). The pearl itself was not evil, it just brought the evil out of the people. The pearl created many thoughts

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    Nathaniel Hawthorne composes Pearl as a powerful character even though she is not the main one. Her actions not only represent what she is as a person, but what other characters are and what their actions are. Hawthorne makes Pearl the character that helps readers understand what the other characters are. She fits perfectly into every scene she is mentioned in because of the way her identity and personality is. Pearl grows throughout the book, which in the end, help the readers better understand

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    It has such a great set of characters: Steven Quartz Universe: A positive, fun loving guy who when it is the time, gets serious. He has a huge burden that his mother has left him to deal with. He has grown so much throughout the show. He is very funny and he is also serious. Garnet: Garnet is not your average mysterious and strong kind of character. She is way more. Garnet is voiced by Estelle who is an amazing artist. Garnet is not just the typical "wise guy" character, she has flaws. She is strong

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    named the infant 'Pearl,' as being of great price- purchased with all she had- her mother's only pleasure" (Hawthorne 85). Pearl being one of the main characters and symbols in Hawthorne's, The Scarlet Letter, is one of the biggest character because of what she represents. Pearl represents many things in this novel. Although many believe that Pearl is more of just a character to be the realistic symbol of Hester's mistake, Pearl is the main idea in this story. Pearl is a character that represents the

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