acquired a greed and appetite for wealth. Juana, the Priest, and

the doctor have all undergone a change due to money. They are

all affected by their hunger for wealth and inturn are the base for

their own destruction, and the destruction of society. Steinbeck's

"The Pearl" is a study of man's self destruction through greed.

Juana, the faithful wife of Kino, a paltry peasant man, had

lived a spiritual life for what had seemed like as long as she

could remember. When her son Coyito fell ill from the bite of a

scorpion, she eagerly turned towards the spiritual aspects of life.

Beginning to pray for her son's endangered life. The doctor who

had resided in the upper-class section of the town, refused to

assistant the child, turning them away when they arrived at the

door. Lastly they turned to the sea to seek their fortune. When

Juana set sight on the "Pearl of The World." she felt as though

all her prayers had been answered, if she could have foreseen the

future what she would have seen would have been a mirror image of

her reality. Juana's husband was caught in a twisted realm of

much to her. She had tried to help Kino before to much trouble had

greatly. "It will destroy us all" she yelled as her attempt to

rid the family of the pearl had failed. Kino had not listened

Priest is so set on achieving money and social status that he puts

could afford his services. Not once in his long career would he

it seemed that he had been stereotypical of the less fortunate, as

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Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)