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John Steinbeck in his parable-like novel, The Pearl,
dramatizes the engulfing power of greed, which ultimately
results in destruction. Kino, a Mexican pearl diver, finds the
pearl of the world that he hopes will lift his family from
poverty, but instead it leads to the death of his son. ... In The Pearl animal imagery is an
important motif that permeates the structure of the novel;
animal imagery is used to foreshadow Kino’s destruction, to
underscore Kino’s character decline and to depict the
corruption of civilization. ... Finding
the pearl really changed the town, on page fourteen it says
that “the hungry dogs and the hungry pigs of the town
searched endlessly for any dead fish or sea bird…” , this
symbolizes that the towns people, like the doctor, are trying
to find anything they can take from others, like Kino and his
pearl. The other towns people aren’t much different because
once Kino found the pearl everyone who seemed to be his
friend or on his side at the beginning is suddenly against
him because he has more than them. Kino also changed and
became more cold hearted from the fact that everyone was
after the pearl that he owned. ... They
are trying to take the pearl.
Approximate Word count = 1012
Approximate Pages = 4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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