Since Kino is a victim of a society that is plagued by injustice and discrimination, he dreams of a brighter future for his family. By discovering the pearl, Kino sees the light of hope and plans to do what he has desired for—especially supporting his son, Coyotito’s education. He once again became conscious of the need for knowledge when people try to cheat him in order to get his pearl. Obsessed by his dream, Kino is blind to the greed and some of his fears were rooted from his paranoia and insecurity about his situation. As if ‘the Pearl of the World’ is a mirror, Kino finds himself in the pearl and realizes that too much of his greed made his ambition frivolous.
The Native Americans used to focus on food and their families, but now their only endeavor is to accumulate money that is not necessary to their way of life, while the English settlers focus on taking any wealth the Native Americans have by underpaying the Native Americans for the pearls they sell to the English. Thus, greed affects both the English settlers and the Native Americans as both seek monetary wealth to no end. Kino, the husband of Juana and father of Coyotito, awakes, in the opening scene, to find his son recently stung by a scorpion and in need of medical attention, but Juana sucks out most of the poison immediately after being woken by Kino; however, the child still looks ill. Kino learns that the doctor in the English settlement won’t help him unless Kino can pay for the doctor’s services. So Kino, Juana, and Coyotito take the old boat of Kino’s grandfather and once they are out in the deeper water Kino
Throughout the book Kino changes immensely. He changes character from a loving and caring man to a money hungry, greedy villain. After the pearl uses Kino, by amplifying his need for money, we quickly notice remarkable changes in his character. Steinbeck emphasizes to us that the pearl is consuming Kino by the quote: “This pearl has become my soul," said Kino. "If I give it up I shall lose my soul.” Kino’s brainwashing and obsession with the pearl has resulted in him losing love for Juana.
He blames Charlie as the one who caused him to lose his boxing career and he also blames himself for his lack of bravery to act according to his own will. Despite all these, with the support and guidance of Father Barry and Edie, and finally the death of Charlie, Terry is awakened and is confident enough to fight like a contender in accordance to his conscience. His actions no longer depend on others and he finally wins the respect of the other longshoremen. Kazan clearly shows that Terry has his brother Charlie to blame for making him a bum. In the cabin, while Charlie is meant to bribe Terry with a job so that he would keep quiet about the deeds of the union, Terry expressed his disappointment in Charlie.
If virtue was included then Finding Nemo would fit his criteria. Nemo’s dad Marlin is the tragic hero but he doesn’t have a flaw he has a virtue which is protection. He’s too protective over nemo because of how his wife died. His downfall is being over the top protective of nemo and telling him to swim out of the reef but nemo is stubborn and wants to prove to his father he can swim. Nemo ends up getting caught by divers which sends his dad on an expect adventure to save
Willy cheats on Linda out of loneliness and he wants to feel like an important salesman because he cannot face the fact that he’s not. Willy’s pride (Biff), left him, and this shatters Willy, the guilt is overwhelming, unbearable. “Will you stop
Plot Chart Novel Title: The Pearl Theme: Greed as a Destructive Force - Kino and his family enjoys their simple life in La Paz. - One day, Kino’s son, Coyotito, is stung by the scorpion. - Because Kino do not have money to pay the fee, the wealthy doctor in town will not treat the baby. - Kino finds a great pearl when he goes diving. He recognizes that he is now a wealthy man.
Unfortunately, Doodle was no match for his brother’s aggressive and selfish actions. In the end, Brother’s pride is to blame for Doodle’s untimely death. Brother’s pride was responsible for his opinion of Doodle. At times, Brother was kind and loving to Doodle, but the reader soon realizes that the narrator was mostly harsh and cruel to his brother. In the beginning of the story, Brother recounts the day Doodle was born, saying that he was a disappointment as soon as he entered the world.
When Keller says “what the hell did I work for? That’s only for you Chris, the whole shootin’ match is for you,” this shows the reader very clearly that he feels it his duty to provide for his son. All my sons is a very tragic play. It shows how a man can sacrifice his morals, responsibility and the truth to provide for his family so that they can live a perfectly plentiful life. This struggle for wealth and material goods involves Keller committing an awful crime due to his greed,
From then on out the symbolism of the pearl started changing. The town’s people were all jealous of the pearl. Everybody wanted it, and that is when the Devil in the pearl started coming out. When more and more people wanted it, Kino did more and more to hide it, and the town’s people did more and more to get it, including breaking into his house at night multiple times. Juana started noticing the misfortune the pearl was bringing, and she wanted Kino to get rid of it, but Kino was too greedy.