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What Does Steinbeck Say About Greed

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“The Pearl” was written by John Steinbeck. The main focus of this book from beginning to end is greed. The main character Kion, continuously showed greed over the pearl he found, he wasn’t happy with any offers he was given for the pearl. Kino non-stop kept in search for a better price. The Doctor was greedy for money and wouldn’t treat anyone unless they had money. Even the priest was greedy, he only thought of how the pearl would benefit him. Every corner that is turned in this book there is greed on almost every page. Steinbeck's point for this book is be happy with what is given or things may only get worse. Initially, Kino found “The Pearl Of The World” and made the pearl his most prized possession. Kino went through many trials of trying to keep the pearl safe he finally decided to go get an offer. Little did Kino know all of the pearl buyers were scam artists. “For there were not many buyers really there was only one” (steinbeck 29) Kino wasn’t happy with any of their offers so he took his pearl and walked on his way. This caused him to be very greedy he didn’t want to take any of the offers. Due to Kino’s greed it caused the life of his baby and even the happiness of his family. Kino lost everything trying to get more. …show more content…

He always had the pearl in his possession not once was anyone else able to watch over it or really feel it without Kino being present. Juana had to suffer through all of this and put up with him being overly aggressive. Kino killed a man over his pearl because they tried to attack him for the pearl. Juana tried to throw the pearl of the world in the ocean to rid her family of the evil. Kino didn’t like that Juana did that so Kino decided to basically beat up Juana. “He stuck her in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders and he kicked her in the side.” (Steinbeck

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