The Pearl Greed Quotes Analysis

“He who wants everything everytime will lose everything, anytime”- Vikrant Parsai. This famous quote supports the theme of “Greed and materialism left unchecked, can lead to immoral behavior such as violence” in the book, The Pearl by John Steinbeck. Kino and Juana find the pearl of the world while Kino gets a little too obsessed with the pearl. Juana tries to hide it and make everything better, but everything backfires on her . Kino goes crazy about what Juana tries to do to help him and does things no one would ever imagine.With this in mind, all the readers will look at how greed is expressed through characters,and even Kino himself and symbolism.

To begin with, we see that the doctor is one of the main characters of greed. The doctor’s personality throughout the book is selfish and especially greedy. This doctor is like no other other doctor, he is the exact opposite of what people would expect a doctor to be like. He only cares about is himself. This is shown when he says, “Has he any money” the doctor demanded “no,they never have any

money. I am alone in the world am I supposed to work for nothing-and I am tired of it(11)”People might wonder how this is greed. It represents greed because he only wanted to be a doctor because of how much money he gets, he does not care for anything or anyone else but money.He does not care about people he takes care of and that is just like this quote from him”When the news came to the doctor and the doctor's eyes rolled up a little in their fat hammocks and he thought of Paris(22)”.This doctor only cares about his race or should I say he only treats his patients only if they are his race.just like when he said”have I nothing to do than to cure little insect bites for little Indians.I am a doctor ,not a veterinary(11)”.He only does his race.He only wants to do his race.He has not had to do just that race, but he chooses to.
Another example is Kino.

He is one of the most greedy person in this book.Kino Was perfectly fine in the beginning of the book, but then he found the pearl and turned his life upside down.Kino had a perfect relationship with his wife, but then “he struck her in the face,he cluched her with his fist and she fell among the boulders,and he kicked her in the side.Kino looked down at her and his teeth were bared.He hissed at her like a snake, and Juana stared at him with wide UN frightened eyes,like a sheep before the butcher(59)”.Kino even got worse “When Juana tries to hid the pearl and Kino goes crazy and almost attacks her like a crazy man(38)”.But then there is this side of Kino when he first gets the pearl”When Kino thinks of all the things that the pearls wealth and money will do for them but not for anyone else(36)”.This is greedy because he only thinks of himself for the pearl.But Kino am greedy Most of the

book.
The main Symbol of greed is the pearl.Also Every other character that has greed revolves around the pearl.The reason why Kino am greedy is because of the pearl just like when he “hit Juana(38)”This is greedy because He hit Juana for the pearl..And also the doctor is greedy because of the pearl just like he said or did”When the doctor's got the news the doctor's eyes rolled back into their little hammocks thinking of Paris(22)”.He is thinking of himself yet again. Also i think the reason why Coyotito is dead is because of the pearl.The reason I think that is because if Kino had given up the pearl like Juana told him to think he would not have been that greedy and” the travelers would not have had to fight him for the pearl(88)”.This is greed because Coyotito is dead because of him.The story would not be the same because of the pearl.
With the theme”greed” We will look at the doctors greed,kino’s and also how the pearl is a symbol of greed.The doctor's greed takes place most of all his time in the book.Kino is a very greedy person in the middle of the book.The main symbol of greed is the pearl in this book.Greed is the main symbol of the book.All of the characters would not be the same without greed.