Kino's Corruption

Kino thoughts on the pearl changed by the end because he realized how it caused him to be greedy, selfish and not support his family. I believe that steinbeck wasn’t disappointed that Kino was able to achieve his dreams because it was the reality at the time of the Great Depression. This story Steinberg wrote related to the Great Depression because many people were struggling to find food, jobs, and to support their

both seemed to turn onto the good side with Kino as soon as they found out he had the pearl of all time. People started breaking in, messed Kino’s canoe and even set Kino’s house on fire. And worse, with everything that was already being taken away, Kino’s beloved son was shot and killed. “And then Kino’s brain cleared from its red concentration and he knew the sound-the keening, moaning, rising hysterical cry from the little cave in the side of the stone mountain, the cry of death”(86) All shortly happening after the finding of the pearl.

There are many examples of physical violence in the novel which creates the image of Kino's transition of simple life into a more complicated one. As the novel progresses after Kino finds the pearl of the world, Kino gets cautious because he had a thing of great value which could turn the evil faces of his townspeople against him. As he foreshadowed, that happens. When the news of Kino's pearl spread like fire in the whole city, most of the people got jealous of his fortune. People starts making inferences what might happen in the future, while some others made plans to cheat him.

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

First of all Kino became greedy when he felt entitled to a higher amount of money when he first tried to sell his pearl to the buyers even though the amount hey offered was far more money than Kino has ever seen in his whole life. He even states “ my pearl is not for sale. I will go, perhaps even to the capital.” Then later in the book it talked about all these things Kino was going to buy with “the pearl of the world” including him and Juana being married in a church, Coyotito being put in school so he can make something of himself, Kino buying a gun because why not he said. If that doesn't show greediness then I don't know what will.

In the novella “The Pearl” Kino’s view towards what the pearl could offer him changed throughout the story, altering Kino’s thoughts and means in a malignant way, transforming him from a loving father to a bloodthirsty man. Kino’s addiction towards the pearl cost him to lose himself and get carried away from what he had first in mind, to provide for his family, nonetheless it isn't until the end that Kino finally learns that the pearl was truly evil and all the misfortunes it had cost him, one of them including losing his son, Coyotito. “He looked into its surface and it was gray and ulcerous, like a malignant growth” (89) Accepting the pearl for what it legitimately was, Kino comes to his senses after arriving back home. Deciding to fling the pearl into the sea, Kino lets go of the past of which he had first said was a part of his soul, but now it was only but an object of tragedy and misguidance. Therefore though conviction can sometimes be pleasing, in this case Kino’s faith was put in the wrong

Kino's life gets ruined by the pearl, when he starts hearing the evil sound he should have thrown it away the first time. It only brought trouble and conflict to his family,

     Kino overall symbolizes clearly good and innocent. Kino is thought of as 'a wise, primitive man' who is hungry for fortune because of the great pearl, which he discovers and later in the story he becomes 'an angry, frightened, but resolute man, determined to keep what he has earned'. He is a young diver who lives in a small village on the coastline of

Steinbeck’s Moral Argument In The Pearl, there is a strong emphasis on the near complete change in character that almost everyone experiences as soon as the pearl is found. The pearl presented an opportunity for Kino and his people to rise out of their circumstances and have a better life. If Kino’s son can go to school and learn to read and write, none of Kino’s people can be cheated or mistreated. It also presented Kino an opportunity to acquire luxuries they could never have even dreamed about getting until then.

Kino’s motivation is his desire for success. He wishes to be respected by others, to have everything he ever dreamed of, and to have enough money for all his family’s needs.

Sadly, the Pearl of the World destroyed his family because of the priorities Kino had set. As a reader, we would not expect Kino to become greedy, not listen to his family’s warning, and hurt his family all over the possession of the pearl. Kino was so obsessed with the pearl his body body was filled with greed. This is shown when Kino

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- Kino is the protagonist in the novel, he is a poor, hardworking, humble, man, who is a pearl diver. Kino later finds a great pearl, which makes him greedy and paranoid because he wants to make sure nobody takes advantage of him. This greed makes him abuse his wife and steer him away of his moral values. Juana- Juana is Kino’s wife.

Money, Education, and Equality are major oppressions Kino and the town faced. Kino has experienced a lot in his life, but only one thing has kept him from losing his mind, his family. His family is why he is fighting for the pearl and why he needs it to survive. He feels various emotions throughout the book but he always goes back to why he is doing all the pain and suffering in the first place, his family. Kino is an honest man with good intentions to help his family's needs over his own needs. With or without all the problems Kino faced, he still would chose his family in the

However, two vibrant changes occur as the story progresses —Coyotito, his son, getting stung by a scorpion and Kino’s discovery of the pearl—broaden Kino’s horizons and outlook on the world. As Kino begins to strive for wealth and education for his son, the simplicity of his life becomes increasingly complicated by greed, conflict, and violence. Kino’s character then falls through a gradual decline from a state of innocence to a state of corruption and disillusionment. The factors promoting this decline are ambition and greed. Thus, when going got tough for Kinoo and he had to escape town he faced a lot of hardships, since he had to go into hiding and the only immediate help he had was from his brother. This had an adverse effect on his personality as he became increasingly negative, given the way he hit his wife shows how the pearl preoccupied his mind to such a great extent that he grew indifferent to everything else as evil and restlessness eloped him. In addition to these social changes, Kinoo, after attaining the pearl was on the move to gain economic sustenance, but not being able to find the right price to sell his pearl got him feeling even more uncertain and disappointed but he continued to strive and was reluctant to give up because he wanted everything in his reach for his son, who he consequently ended up losing in the