Dialectical Journal For The Grapes Of Wrath

In The Pearl it’s very known that something you might have valued could screw you over pretty badly. In Kino’s situation the pearl itself, which Kino valued very much, caused him a lot of pain in the end. “ "My son will read and open the books, and my son will write and will know writing. And my son will make numbers, and these things will make us free because he will know - he will know and through him we will know. "

He wanted items that he thought he needed, but did not necessarily need. One item he bought was the rifle. It may have saved him in the end, but it ended up killing his son, and that was the only reason Kino was brought back down to earth. Once he realized the evil the pearl had brought to his family he finally throws it back in the

After finding the "Pearl of the World," Kino struggles to protect the pearl, himself, and

In order to sell his pearl for the highest price possible, Kino was forced to go to the capital. This was due to being cheated by the local pearl buyers. “I have been cheated,” Kino cried fiercely. “My pearl is not for sale here. I will go perhaps even to the capital.” By doing so, Kino wasn’t only risking a long journey, but also putting his family in harm’s

I believe that is because Kino thinks that the pearl is worth a lot of money. Therefore, even if Kino had an evil feeling and bad things were happening to him, he still kept moving forward. For example, Steinbeck quotes: “Her arm was up to throw when he leaped at her and caught her arm and wrenched the pearl from her. He struck her in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side.” (Steinbeck, 59). This quote is related to my thesis statement because Kino is trying to stop Juana from throwing the pearl away in order to move

Before Kino found the pearl, he wasn’t exposed to great hardship or struggle. When he found the pearl, Kino became very greedy and he experienced immense pain and loss. Furthermore, the pearl also caused Kino to lose his innocence. When Kino allowed evil and pain to take over his perspective of life he became angry. The first time Kino killed someone was when a man broke into Kino’s house in attempt to steal the pearl. Later in the book, Kino and his family we being shadowed by trackers in pursuit to kill him and his family and steal the pearl. After the trackers fired upon Kino’s child, Kino became filled with rage and the pearl grew gray and he let evil take him over: "And in the surface of the pearl he saw Coyotito lying in the little cave with the top of his head shot away. And the pearl was ugly; it was gray, like a malignant growth. And Kino heard the music of the pearl, distorted and insane” (pg. 89). Kino then killed those who were in pursuit of him and shot at

Firstly, in the novella, when Kino found the pearl, the pearl was his life, it changed his life, making him a horrible person. He would kill for the pearl. In the novella “The Pearl”, it states, “I am afraid. A man can be killed. Let us throw the pearl back into the sea.”

As the novella progresses, bad things start to happen to Kino and his family. He is attacked, his house gets ransacked and burned, and his only boat is destroyed. After all of that, Kino still believes that the pearl will give him good fortune and tells Juana “This pearl has become my soul...If I give it up I shall lose my soul” (67). Kino will do anything and everything to keep the pearl safe. He goes so far as killing people. “The great knife swung...It bit through neck and deep into chest, and Kino was a terrible machine now” (86). Kino let his desire for the pearl go too far and it is changing the person he

In this quote Kino is obsessed with selling the pearl for its full value. People who are obsessed with something need help to get their minds out of that state. Kino has no one to help him get out of that mindset. Even with all the money in the world I don’t think Kino would be able break his obsession with money.

Since Kino valued the pearl so much, it led to the death of his only son. Kino thought it would be an appropriate time to try to get the rifle when only one man was awake. Juana and Coyotito stayed in the cave. Coyotito started to cry, but the trackers thought it was a coyote pup. The tracker that was awake fired the rifle that killed Coyotito.

In conclusion The Pearl was a story that taught people about obsessions of earthly itemshat can easily be brought into our lives but is hard to change that life it has created when they destroy it. Kino learned this lesson throughout the story when he lost things that meant the most to him. Coyotito's life might not have been lost or their home destroyed. The story leaves a long-lasting impression on the reader to watch out for situations like this in our everyday

After traveling long and fighting against the whole world, first with his town filled with people trying to steal it, then fighting for the money, then against himself and finally against the trackers, he was left weak, and there was no more strength to fight anymore. “The people say that the two seemed to be removed from human experience” (Steinbeck 88). His struggles with the pearl have left him dehumanized and stripped of emotions because after so many battles with himself and others, it has ruined the pearl’s value by taking away the shine and leaving a dusty grey as all of his original plans of a wedding, new clothes and an education for Coyotito have turned into memories of traumatic moments. “And in the surface of the pearl, he saw Coyotito lying in the little cave with the top of his head shot away.” (Steinbeck 89). Family was the strongest part of his life because it was Kino’s only power throughout his life, which is why when he returns back to his village, people don’t recognize him as he walks through people unbothered by their staring eyes that glare right through the hollowed soul, making them feel scared. Whether Kino can’t feel anymore or chooses to disconnect himself from that battle is a mystery, but, he is still left as a dehumanized

Kino, the novel's main character was content with his life before discovering the pearl. Kino changed dramatically from the beginning of the story to the end. To Kino the pearl meant wealth and change for both himself and his family. Before the scorpion bite Kino had no need for change or power in his life. He lived a simple life with his family and worked as a pearl diver. When the doctor denied his son treatment because Kino could not pay the fee, was when Kino realized the power the upper-class had over people like him. After discovering the pearl, Kino’s ambition to escape and protect himself from the persecution grew. Kino wanted to improve his life quickly, and the pearl was the answer to all his goals. In the pearl he saw a rifle, marriage and education for his son Coyotito. His thoughts on what to do with the pearl, were first based off his family’s needs. That slowly changed when the

Kino knows right from wrong, he knows being obsessive over a pearl is wrong because it puts too much at stake, majorly the whole as is referred to as the way of life in The Pearl. You may also debate that It 's the pearl’s fault for Coyotito’s death because if Kino

To wrap it all up, the type of Good and Evil presented in The Pearl, is not one positive one compared to other situations. Kino could have avoided many problems if it wasn’t for his ignorance. Instead of thinking of reality, he was focused on the future which caused him a big loss and