The Pearl And Steinbeck Analysis

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There are mavens, connectors, and salesmen everywhere in the world, but the average human cannot see them. Also, these types of people are even found in fictional books. Gladwell and Steinbeck are the authors of the two books, and their writing styles are different, but they make good books to compare, being The Pearl and The Tipping Point. The Tipping Point teaches us about mavens, connectors, and salesmen. Who is a maven, connector, and salesmen in The Pearl? Our parents, friends, and teachers are all mavens, connectors, and salesmen in their own special way. Whether they are a maven in the medical field, teaching field, or business field they are all mavens in something. There are mavens, connectors, and salesmen in The Pearl because of …show more content…

The family was able to make up when they did wrong, and they were able to because of their child, Coyotito. Coyotito, who is my connector, brought the family closer, if wasn't for Coyotito then the family may not be together. Without family our lives would be nothing, and Coyotito makes sure that their family stays together. Family is everything, they are there for us at are best times, are worst times, and especially in a time in need. "Whether it is up to your spouse to remember where we put our keys, or our thirteen year old to find out how to work the computer, or our mother to find out details of our childhood" (Gladwell 189). Without family, we would be lost, and not know where anything was. Family is there so they can help when times get tough. When people feel like they want to give up they can have people there to help and support them. Coyotito is the person in The Pearl who doesn't know, but keeps the family running smoothly. Without Coyotito, Kino and Juana would not be together, they are together because they brought new life into the world, and need to do their duty as mother and father to love and provide for their child. "And the music of the pearl has merged with the music of the family" (Steinbeck 12). The pearl was suppose to be something beautiful and amazing, just as a family is suppose to be. A few times in the story, neither of the two were beautiful or amazing. Family is a beautiful thing, and at the beginning of the book the family was beautiful because they all loved each other with all their hearts. When Coyotito got stung by the scorpion, the family was worried and would have done whatever they could to save him. After awhile the family wasn't so closely bonded together, but because of Coyotito the family was still one whole. If Coyotito wouldn't have been there then the family would not be together. Coyotito

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