Saturday, March 29, 2008

The Pearl
by Sean Russell

The pearl fisherman had lived a spiritual life for what seemed like as long as she could rember. The family was at the beach and the baby Coyotito was in a box hanging from a rope and someone saw a scorpion on the rope and then Kino shook the rope and the scorpion fell on the baby Coyotito and stung him. They go get help from the docter but the docter would not help them because they did not have anof money to pay the docter so Kino started to suck the blood out of the baby. That night Kino praed that they would have enof money to pay for the metision for the baby Coyotito. When Kino set his eyes on what he called The Pearl of the World.
Kino had the pearl jently hit the door and than he got out of bed and grabed it and than he was a little richer

In the village La Paz there was a docter that would only work on ritch people so he could get more money. The pesents went to the docter with a poisoned kid and the docter would not help the poor boy but the docter heard that Kino had a purl the docter want to Kino’s baby and helped them now that they had money to pay the docter. So the docter got his money and left. But the priest needed money for the church. But the pesents did not have anof money to give the priest. So the priest became made and greety and did not teach the pesents the teachings of god because the pesents did not have enof money.

“In The Pearl, Steinbeck expresses the fact that man’s materialization for wealth and property leads to the self-destruction of man, both mentally and physically. The Priest of La Paz, the Doctor, Juana and Kino where all overwhelmed by greed. The Bible stories will always live on as an admonition to those who crave the warmth and comfort of money. Beckoning to those who struggle to achieve wealth, and hoping they will respond, and possibly not put wealth on the top shelf of life.” My apion on the book the Peal was good. I thought that the book was most exciting in the bigining with the baby and the pearl. Then the guy becomes upsesed with the pearl. There is a lit of greedy people in the book The affects of greed is it can drive you crazy. It can make you do things you dont want to do for something you do want. So money can make you greety even when you don’t know it.




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