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The Pearl Exploitation

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In The Pearl by John Steinbeck, Steinbeck indicates that exploitation leads to a negative outcome for the exploiter. At the bottom of page 31, the doctor gives ‘medicine’ to Coyotito. The ‘medicine’ actually makes Coyotito even sicker, “At last he handed the baby back to Juana, and he turned to Kino. ‘I think the poison will attack within the hour,’ he said. ‘The medicine may save the baby from hurt, but I will come back in an hour. Perhaps I am in time to save him.’ He took a deep breath and went out of the hut, and his servant followed him with the lantern.” The doctor wants the money from Kino’s pearl and does not care about the baby’s health. He tries to trick Kino, but instead leads his to an opposing outcome, he does not get
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