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When reading the Pearl, the theme of hope has really been slowly diminishing, and greed is rising. Kino, a brave yet poor man, found the "Pearl of the World." He was suddenly rich, and hope was to build upon him. But the pearl completely mutates Kino into an animal, and it is slowly been destroying him. All of Kino's plans are interrupted by the pearl, and his greed for it skyrockets. Greed can tear us apart,

When I was reading I came along the lines, "I'm a man, I'm a man, I'm a man" When Kino said this, I immediately stopped and thought to my self, "what is Steinbeck trying to say?" I thought of A Long Walk to Water, because in Sudan the boys/men would get educated and the women would be housewives. I think Kino was trying to say that he was not stupid, and the pearl buyers are treating him like an animal.

Kino's life is very sophisticated when he tries to sell the pearl. Kino is blindsided that everyone already knows about the pearl, and the whole city is trying to rip it out of his hands. I think greed has built upon Kino, because he has been acting so much different from the beginning of the book, especially his attitude. I think of it as a food chain, and Kino is a new species, ready to die out immediately.

Part 2.
~ The doctor was like the Karma switch. When he refused Coyotito, a spark of Karma shined. It shined in the way of a pearl. The Pearl of the World. Karma came back and in the best way possible. Karma is a never-ending fight so more consequences were there to follow. All eyes were now on Kino, nobody felt good for the man, but they all thought the same, "How can I profit of this stupid guy?"
Karma is Constant.

Imagine eating the same exact corncake's every day. Imagine living in a brush house. Imagine being a fourth-class citizen. That was life for Kino, Coyotito, and Juana. They repeated, and repeated, until one day when "The Song of Evil" played in the form of scorpion the light switched. The fourth-class citizens believed they would be helped by a first-class citizen (doctor.) The doctor refused because Kino was broke.