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Pearl: Pearl is the daughter of Hester and Dimmesdale. Pearl is a protagonist in the story, for she serves as a living reminder of Hester’s sin. She is a round and complex character, for she is intuitive, and she is also very dynamic. She is very observant, for when Hester asks why she wears the A, Pearl replies, “‘Truly do I… It is for the same reason that the minister keeps his hand over his heart!” (167). Pearl is also more of a symbol than a character, for she symbolizes many to different characters

Kino awoke. It was early morning on the Gulf of La Paz. Kino sat up with excitement, quickly covering his nose from the cold of early morning with his blanket. There was safety in the sounds of the grinding stone where Kino’s mother worked her corn, the pop of the corn cakes, and the murmur of the ancient song with only three notes his mother sang every morning. Leaving all the sounds behind, Kino stepped out of the brush hut, ready for a new day. Yet, this was a special day. The day Kino turned

The Pearl by John Steinbeck, takes place in the small village of La Paz, where finding a hefty size pearl could mean better days for life. Living on the Baja Peninsula tends to derive many pearl divers due to the stretched coastline, leading Kino, the main character, like his ancestors before him, to become one. The novella leads Kino and his dreams to a magnificent pearl and once with it, the pearl carves a path of greed, death, and destructions in Kino’s life. While the pearl initially represents

In Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Amistad, a group of Africans were kidnapped from their home, Sierra Leone, Africa, in 1839 and shipped to Havana, Cuba. The leader of the group named Cinque Joseph, led a mutiny against the Spanish crew. The remaining Spaniards, Ruiz and Montes, claimed they would steer the ship back to Africa, but arrived off the coast of the Northern state of Connecticut. Cinque’s group was arrested and charged with mutiny. Real estate lawyer named Roger Baldwin, former President

The compelling tale that is The Pearl, by John Steinbeck, is highly acclaimed for its rich narrative. With the challenges that the characters of The Pearl go through, Steinbeck crafted a novel that exemplifies the trials and hardships that a family has to go through in order to fulfill their dreams. The theme of The Pearl, which is that excessive desire can lead to harming one’s family and loved ones, is shown and generated through the progression of the book’s plot and the motives of the characters

G.O.A.T Lionel Messi once stated, “I don’t need the best hairstyle or the best body. Just give me a ball at my feet and I’ll show what I can do.” In sports, you do not need to be a superstar to succeed, you just need to be the best. Lionel Messi was born in Rosario, Argentina. His gift for soccer, or football as it is called everywhere but the U.S., showed at a young age. He played for Grandoli, the local youth team, and later moved on to Newell’s Old Boys, a more advanced team. Although his skill

Page 1 of 2 ZOOM Las Meninas EssayAs Pablo Picasso once said “Good artists copy, great artists steal.” Maybe this is why one of the greatest artists of all time “stole” a piece of art by another one of the greatest artists of all time. Diego Velazquez painted Las Meninas and Pablo Picasso created over 50 renditions of the painting. There are so many similarities even though the style is different, and there are many differences too. Even though both artists use different styles and have

Kino has changed a lot throughout the book and not in good ways. Kino at the beginning of the book showed his loving and fatherly side. By the middle/end of the book he was showing anger and pain; and was show it to everyone even his wife which he loved. Kino first starts out waking up to his family with his little boy laying in his “bed”, and Kino hears the song of family. At the beginning of this book he was like any other person in that small happy little village (Steinbeck 695). Until Coyotito

The novel The Pearl, by John Steinbeck, is about a poor mexican-indian who has a some money problems, but then he finds a great pearl that can fix everything, but what comes with fortune comes greed. John Steinbeck develops the theme things aren't always the way they seem. When the priest goes to see the pearl that kino has he says, “‘ I hope thou wilt remember to give thanks,my son, to him who has thee this treasure…”’(28). This shows that the priest is trying to get money for his church. He

Many young soccer players want to be like Neymar when they grow up. Neymar is a skilled player that does his best to play. He is one of the best players in the world in soccer. What young soccer players mostly like about him is his dribbling, juggling, and goals First of all, Neymar is great on dribbling. He is very skilled and does a lot of tricks while he dribbles. He does tricks like rainbow flicks, rouletts, and other tricks like that. But he does not do the tricks all the time. He is