Essays on The Pearl

“The proper function of a man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time.” – Jack London Both amazing writers John Steinbeck and Jack London have made amazing stories who use…

The setting of the story is the area of La Paz, a pearl fishing town in Mexico on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico, around the year 1900. The pearl fisher Kino is a native Mexican whose son gets bitten by a scorpion and…

Introduction In the very beginning of the book, Kino watches as his son, Coyotio sleeps. While he is sleeping, Coyotito is stung by a scorpion despite Kino’s efforts to catch it and kill it. They go to the doctor to get Kino treated for the…

Kino and his wife Juana had just had their new baby boy, Coyotito. One peaceful morning the family were just waking up and Kino spotted a scorpion hanging on the rope over their baby boys hanging box. Kino attempted to kill the deadly scorpion but…

The Pearl, a novella published in 1947 by Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck, inspired after visiting La Paz, Baja California Sur in an expedition with his friend, marine biologist, Ed Ricketts. Near La Paz, an island called Isla Espiritu Santo that’s considered the “crown jewel”…

“The Pardoner’s Tale” and The Pearl both teach a moral lesson. This lesson is that greed is the root of all evil. But, while both stories have the main theme of greed, they are very different in terms of symbolism and setting. First, Both “The…

The Pearl, written by John Steinbeck, is known as one of his greatest works. The novella has been both enjoyed and analyzed ever since it first appeared in a magazine called the Woman’s Home Companion in 1945. The Pearl contains many themes and symbols. One…

Greed can bring out the worst in people. It can turn people into monsters: Greed is the emotion of people being jealous. An example is when people want money; the greed will take over until they cannot take it anymore. They might go and possibly…