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Essay Archive - The Pearl: Material Society, Material Thoughts
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 f....
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