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The Pearl: Material Society, Material Thoughts
Ever since Midas' lust for gold, it appears to be that man has 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 f....
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