Examples Of Hillary Clinton In The Pearl By John Steinbeck

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In life some people suffer devastating failures because of the actions that they make. The book The Pearl by John Steinbeck is about a pearl diver named Kino finds the pearl of the world and thinks it is the best thing that ever happened to him. He is blinded by the power and wealth of the pearl and it leads to bad things happening. At the end of the book his son dies and then he realises how bad the pearl is a throws it into the ocean. Hillary Clinton is a political figure that has been the first lady, the secretary of state, and almost the president of the United states of America. She is clouded by the power to be the president so she makes decisions that she lader regrets. Both Kino and Hillary Clinton suffer devastating failures Because of their motivation to have power clouds their judgement resulting in negative consequences. …show more content…

One example that shows that Kino projects his family is when he tries to protect his baby coyotito from the scorpion by trying to catch it before it landed on coyotito. After the scorpion stung his baby he punched it into the floor “He threw it down and beat it into the earth floor with his fist” (6).This shows that Kino is protecting his family. Kino is also grateful and sees good thing when he finds the pearl on page 19.
Hillary Clinton had a good life before she ran for president. Before She ran for president she was the first from 1993 to 2001 after that she a us senator from 2001 to 2009. She was also the secretary of state from 2009 to 2013. This shows that she had a good history of politics before she ran for president in 2015. Both Kino and Hillary are similar because they both start with good lives and something big happens to both of

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