ipl-logo

Reflection Of The Pearl

1559 Words7 Pages

It is one of the glorious marvels of this world. It is capable of changing one’s entire world with its magnificent magic. It is so glimmering and shiny that averting one’s eyes is impossible. It is the Pearl of the World. In The Pearl by John Steinbeck, Kino, an impoverished man who lives in La Paz, encounters an exquisite pearl that is tremendous, shimmering, and magical. Kino and Kino’s loyal wife, Juana, venture to the grand, rich, nearby town to sell this marvelous pearl, but their efforts are fruitless because Kino thinks the pearl is worth more than what is offered. Soon enough, Kino’s house gets burned down by what are assumed to be envious pearl-wanters. Kino, Juana, and Coyotito, their beloved baby, have to flee because shortly after this, someone attempts to kill them and steal the pearl but instead loses his life to Kino. Followed by tenacious trackers who want Kino and his family dead, the family ventures far and wide. Before Kino finds the pearl, he is content with all he has: his family, his house, his life. He is an optimistic person who always finds a way to see to the good in everything, and he is always very humble. This loving man is very protective of his family; he would rather die than lose his precious family. However, after Kino discovers the pearl, he becomes a paranoid and violent man. First of all, after finding the magnificent pearl, Kino turns into an immensely paranoid man. For example, before discovering the grandiose pearl, Coyotito gets

Show More
Related

  • Similarities Between The Pearl And The Treasure Of Lemon Brown

    557 Words  | 3 Pages

    In The Pearl, events in Kino’s life cause him to change from the beginning to the end of the story. “ It was a morning like other mornings and yet perfect among mornings.” This is a quote from The Pearl shows that Kino is content with his life. Even though Kino is poor he is happy and not searching for other things to come into his life.

    Read More

  • Pearl In Elie Wiesel's Pearl

    78 Words  | 1 Pages

    Pearl, throughout the book, shows everyone in a new light. Through the eyes of a child, filled with understanding. Wanting to learn more about the people around her, lets us also get to read more of them in depth. Making Pearl essential to the book, from her birth giving the main plot of the story, to her being treated by the millionairess elders of the town, and finally being awaken into the new world, through so many deaths.

    Read More

  • The Pearl Dbq

    315 Words  | 2 Pages

    The reason that Kino and Juana went searching for something of value was because Coyotito needed to be healed by the doctor. Once they found the “wonderful” pearl there was no longer a use for it. Juana’s seaweed cure had worked and now there was no need for the pearl. Kino only wanted to use it for things that weren’t necessary such as a wedding with Juana, with whom he was already married, and a rifle which he didn’t

    Read More

  • The Pearl Of Great Price In The Scarlet Letter

    854 Words  | 4 Pages

    Pearl of Great Price Pearl, a precious and valuable object that ironically starts off from an object of no value; a parasite or simply a grain of sand that invades the oyster. The allusion to The Pearl of Great Price in The Scarlet Letter means that Pearl is of high value, Hester is seeking a holy life, and due to Pearl, Hester can achieve that. From the commencement of The Scarlet Letter, readers are aware that Hester has a child, but no one knew she would become so influential to Hester and her life. Pearl was the one that saved Hester. By simply existing Pearl was the enticement of sympathy from the spiteful Magistrates.

    Read More

  • Comparing Greed In The Bet And The Pearl

    924 Words  | 4 Pages

    The Bet and The Pearl have moments of greed. Both Kino and the lawyer were both good examples of greed and how it could change theirs lives. Kino takes place in a town filled with either people poor or rich; there is no inbetween. Kino ends up finding a huge pearl that could be sold for a lot. He ends up going through a lot of trouble and ends up getting his son killed because of it.

    Read More

  • The Pearl Greed Quotes

    769 Words  | 4 Pages

    The stranger attacks Kino in an attempt to find the pearl and steal it. Kino’s actions are described as follows, “His right hand went into his shirt and felt his knife… he stood up and walked to the doorway” (55) Kino is attacked and Steinbeck tells the reader how Juana reacts. “Kino lay on the ground, struggling to ride… Juana dropped her stone, and she put her arms around Kino and helped him to his feet… blood oozed down…”

    Read More

  • The Symbolic Pearl In The Scarlet Letter

    748 Words  | 3 Pages

    The narrator explains how Pearl is a symbol of love between her parents. The author says, “Will he go back with us, hand in hand, we three

    Read More

  • Kino, A Dynamic Character In The Pearl By John Steinbeck

    506 Words  | 3 Pages

    Kino, A Dynamic Character In The Pearl by John Steinbeck, A poor pearl diver’s son was stung by a scorpion. Kino, the father, was too poor to get help, so he went on a hunt to find a pearl, hoping the pearl would pay for a doctor to help his only son; however the pearl is evil. The pearl causes Kino’s life to change his relationship with family, his contentment, and his humanity. In this story Kino is a dynamic character.

    Read More

  • Night Of The Scorpion Dialectical Journal

    951 Words  | 4 Pages

    Juana pleads for Kino to get rid of the pearl, he talks her into relief and assurance that he will sell the pearl. Kino arrives at a pearl dealer’s store, only to be told that the pearl is only worth a small

    Read More

  • The Pearl Quotes

    575 Words  | 3 Pages

    One simple pearl can ruin many lives. There are only good and bad things in the book. The theme in John Steinbeck's book, The Pearl illustrates how good and evil affect the plot, how Steinbeck prompts good and evil, and how good can turn into bad. In the book, good and evil can affect the plot of the story. For example, Kino was very intimidating at the end of the book, "

    Read More

  • Comparing John Steinbeck's Of Mice And Men

    413 Words  | 2 Pages

    For me, In The Pearl, the pearl is equal to George and Lennie’s job in Of Mice and Men. The major difference between George and Kino, is that George would give up his job for Lennie in a heartbeat. However, when Juana tried to get rid of the pearl, Kino went so far as to hit her. Not long after that, did Kino kill someone, and his home was burnt to the ground. When Kino stopped Juana, it wasn’t out of love, it was out of greed.

    Read More

  • Individuality In The Scarlet Letter

    855 Words  | 4 Pages

    Society today allows people to have different interest, but it was different a few centuries ago. People in the 17th century people had hobbies, but it had to be accepted in the Puritan religion. Pearl is raised by her mother on the outskirts of town and it makes her feel different from the other children in the town. Her mother is an outcast because she wears a scarlet letter on her chest from the sin she committed. Pearl is known as a devil child in her younger years with wild characteristics.

    Read More

  • The Fool In John Steinbeck's The Pearl

    1146 Words  | 5 Pages

    Kino a man of few words, does not give a thought to how this might affect others and even plans what he is going to do almost bragging in a way about what he is going to do with the money he will get from the pearl. Speaking on the topic of the pearl brings me to yet another example of Kinos blind trust, but this time in the pearl itself. Kino throughout the book is presented with the negative effects from the pearls presents. At one point Kino kills a man just to keep the pearl then punishes his wife for trying to get rid of

    Read More

  • Examples Of Corruption In The Pearl By John Steinbeck

    970 Words  | 4 Pages

    “ ‘I am cheated,’ Kino cried fiercely. ‘My pearl is not for sale. I will go, perhaps even to the capital’ ” (52). Before Kino said this, he is told that his pearl was not worth anymore than 1,000 pesos.

    Read More

  • Archetypes In The Pearl

    640 Words  | 3 Pages

    “Every man suddenly became related to Kino’s pearl, and Kino’s pearl went into the dreams, the speculations, the schemes, the plans, the futures, the wishes, the needs, the lusts, the hungers of everyone, and the only person that stood in the way and that was Kino, so that he became curiously every man’s enemy.” (page 23). This quote states that everyone envies Kino and wants the pearl’s wealth for himself or herself. Later in the book, one of these people will try to take the pearl. This will cause Kino to try to protect the pearl at all costs.

    Read More

More about Reflection Of The Pearl

Open Document