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Kino and Jauna felt guilty because they hadn't gotten rid of the pearl earlier in the beginning of the book. At the end of the book I was sad because their baby died, this helps me realize that life is short, and greed is no exception for the ability to love. John Steinbeck was born in 1902. He dropped out of college to become a writer, and he was quite successful. He wrote many novels such as, Cup of Gold (1929), The Pastures of Heaven (1932), To a God Unknown (1933), Tortilla Flat (1935), In Dubious Battle (1936), Of Mice and Men (1937), The Long Valley (1938), The Pearl (1945), and many others. A quote that really stuck out to me was, “For it is said that humans are never satisfied, that you give them one thing and they want something more...
1936: Of Mice and Men, set around Soledad, was produced as a novel and then as a play.
Greed also influenced many of the decisions that characters have formulated throughout the book. For example, Jerry Cruncher chose to become a grave digger for the profit gotten from it, which caused many problems in his family. When Jerry Jr. follows his father into the night he witnesses his father committing a horrifying crime that he, “Knew very well knew what it would be; but, when he saw it, and saw his honoured parent about to wrench it open, he was so frightened, being new to the sight, that he made off again, and never stopped until he had run a mile or more” (Dickens 184). Had Jerry not been so acquisitive, he would most likely have chosen not to go into that profession. This would prevent Jerry Jr. from being scarred by his father's bad decisions and possibly decrease Jerry’s drinking due to guilt he has after grave digging. Additionally, when C.J. Stryver proposes to Lucie, his motive for it blossoms from greed. While explaining to Carton why he has decided to do this, Stryver admits, "I don't care about fortune: she is a charming creature, and I have made up my mind to please myself: on the whole, I think I can afford to please myself. She will have in me a man already pretty well off, and a
John Steinbeck was born in 1902, in California's Salinas Valley, a region that would eventually serve as the setting for Of Mice and Men, as well as many of his other works. He studied literature and writing at Stanford University. He then moved to New York City and worked as a laborer and journalist for five years, until he completed his first novel in 1929, Cup of Gold. With the publication of Tortilla Flat in 1935, Steinbeck achieved fame and became a popular author. He wrote many novels about the California laboring class. Two of his more famous novels included Of Mice and Men and The Grapes of Wrath. Steinbeck got the title for Of Mice and Men from a line of Robert Burns, a Scottish poet, “The best laid schemes of mice and men often go awry." In Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck includes the theme of loyalty and sacrifice between friends. Steinbeck illustrates the loyalty and sacrifice between friends through the friendship of Lennie and George.
John Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902 in Salinas, California. Between 1919 and 1925 Steinbeck was acknowledged as a special student at Stanford University. According to Peter Lisac, “Variously employed as a had-carrier, fruit-picker, apprentice printer, laboratory assistant, caretaker, surveyor, reporter, writer, and foreign correspondent let him acquire knowledge in many areas.” (1) Even in his youth, Steinbeck developed a love of the natural world and diverse cultures. Steinbeck produced two children from his second wife, Elaine Scott. The early 1930’s became a struggle for Steinbeck, both in his
He should have known that the pearl was bad news and to have thrown it back in the ocean. When everything was good in Kino’s life he only heard good songs which made sense and he knew that the good songs were going to bring good things to him and his family. The song he heard when he got the pearl were evil so he should have listened to Juana and thrown the pearl back in the ocean.
Juana showed greed in the beginning quote “Juana’s eyes were on him and she could not wait, she put her hand on Coyotito’s covered head. Open it, she said softly” (p.19). Later on she realized what the pearl had been doing to Kino, turning him into an evil man. She also saw that everyone was going to try to steal the pearl from Kino and knew what would happen to the family if they held onto the it, for example when she said “Kino, the pearl is evil. Let us destroy it before ti destroys us. Let us crush it between two stones. Let us throw it back in the sea where it belongs” (p.56-57). This made Juana want to throw away the pearl and return to the old way of life where Kino and herself appreciated the little, enjoyable parts of life.
“Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit (Matthew 7:17).” If you are truly a Christian, than you would bears good characteristic. Don John is a bastard in his family, so William Shakespeare give him a greedy characteristic. Don John’s greed makes him do many disgusting things, and he almost kill Hero, the wife of Claudio, using his words. Readers could not find any Christian attitude on Don John. Don John in Much Ado About Nothing did not exhibit Christian attitudes because of his revenge, his dishonesty characteristic, and he is a gossip monger.
"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."『Abraham lincoln』
When Kino was leaving to go to the capital to get his pearl appraised, he was attacked by thieves and was forced to kill them out of self-defense. He lost the pearl in the struggle, but his wife, Juana, found it again. Even though it was evident that the pearl was causing evil, instead of throwing the pearl back from where it came, his greed drove him to continue his journey to the capital to sell it.
Juana rarely did anything that Kino did not say or approve of, and when she did, she paid the price for it. Juana was aware of the evil that the pearl Kino discovered brought into Kino, her home, and her community, and she intended to dispose of it in the middle of the night. Kino awoke, followed Juana and discovered her plot to throw the pearl back into the sea. Kino then proceeded to punch Juana in the face and kick her in the stomach. Juana "knew there was murder in him, and it was all right; she had accepted it, and she would not resist or even protest(Steinbeck 59)." Juana knew that it was against Kino 's will to be rid of the pearl, and she was prepared to die in order to rid her family of the evil that the pearl brought. The selflessness and courage showed by Juana in such a dire situation was part of the traditional role that women played; they are generally the calm, steady, and willing to do anything for their
For Kino and Juana, their primary responsibility is taking care of their family, and keeping each other safe. In the story, both of them fail to meet either of these expectations, making it painfully clear that they are to blame for Coyotito’s death. Kino is responsible for Coyotito’s death because he refuses to get rid of his great pearl. When Coyotito is stung by a scorpion, Kino contacts the town doctor to come and cure his child. After much refusal, the doctor finally agrees to help his child, but only after hearing that Kino possessed a great pearl. The doctor, a greedy and terrible person, sends a thief to rob Kino of his pearl when he can not get Kino to give up his pearl. After Kino fights off the unwelcome guest, Juana tells him, “‘This thing is evil… This pearl is like a sin! It will destroy us,’ and her voice rose shrilly. ‘Throw it away, Kino. Let us break it between stones. Let us bury it and forget the place. Let us throw it back into the sea. It has brought evil. Kino, my husband, it will destroy us´” (Steinbeck 65). Kino’s responsibility is to take care of his family and keep them safe. By disregarding Juana’s words, he puts all of them in danger, therefore, he is responsible for the result this decision, which is the death of his son. Juana tells Kino this multiple times, but each and every time, he refuses to give up his pearl, believing that the pearl is
A while later Kino was attacked by another man who wanted the pearl for himself and defended his pearl by killing the man. It is around this point in the story where Kino displays his greatest point of greed and selfishness.
Juana, Kino’s wife, had tried to return the pearl in chapter 5 of the book because she was able to see all the madness it was causing and she wanted it no longer. The pearl itself was never evil but the people gave it more power than it actually needed or had which caused people to go crazy. Kino had originally wanted the pearl to pay Coyotito medical bill and to help Coyotito out school wise. But everyone believes the pearl is powerful because “Coyotito is getting better from the homemade remedy seaweed poultice” which had been a “miracle” accompanied by the discovery of the pearl. Juana was trying to return the pearl but Kino had followed her out to the beach “ rage surges in Kino.. and his brain is red with anger when he hears his wife get up in the darkness of the night and takes the pearl from it’s hiding place. He follows Juana down to the water, and just as she raises her arm to hurl the pearl into the sea, he leaps at her and catches her arm and wrenches the pearl from her… he strikes her in the face with his clenched fist and she falls among the boulders, and he kicks her in the side” (Chapter 5). Kino knew that if Juana had been successful in putting the pearl into the sea, he would lose all the power he had stored for himself and the pearl as well, and he just couldn't deal with that. Juana was okay with this beating though because he is “a
The day came for Kino, Juana, and Coyotito to go to town and sell the pearl. Kino went to the dealer to only find out that the pearl has no true value, and it drove him crazy because as stated by Steinbeck (1992), “ But kino had grown tight and hard. He felt the creeping of fate, the circling of wolves, the hover of vultures. He felt the evil coagulating about him, and he was helpless to protect himself. He heard in his ears the evil music” (p. 51-52). Kino’s greed was beginning to overtake him.