Destructive Materialism in The Pearl

In the pearl, the author John Steinbeck expresses humanity using pearls. A poor pearl fisherman, Chino has discovered the pearl of the world. Imagine everything you would buy after he sold the pearls. At the beginning of the novel, the pearl discovered by Kino was big, it glowed hot and was expressed as "perfect like the moon". At the end of the novel, Chino saw pearls. Humans said that they are evil by being greedy and deceiving. In the novel, Steinbeck is trying to spread the message that materialism destroys people.

The theme of pearl story is that wealth and ambition of property lead to the destruction of humanity. This story is written from the perspective of the working class or low level stage, which gives the reader the opportunity to review materialism and its pursuit of ways leading to the collapse of mankind. Steinbeck explains this theme clearly through the following characters. Doctor, pastor, and Keno are the hero of Novela. These negative features will appear not only by priests but also by doctors. Doctors represent the desires of society. He is also cruel and self asking. He is a villain without the qualities and qualities of atonement. As a proof, the doctor said: "Is there nothing to do but treating the little Indian insect bites? ... I should not do anything in the world - I am tired. (P.294)

John Steinbeck accepted greedy dark power in his allegorical novel "Pearl" and eventually led to destruction. Kino is a simple Mexican pearl diver who gives pearls to his wife Juana and a boy Coyotito, I hope that this pearl will make my family's life better, but when the only child is hunted by a man When he is killed, his life will be crushed. He is. Steinbeck uses a Bible style, a simple language, and a rich image to tie this story to universal values. In pearls, the image of animals is the basic theme of penetrating the structure of fiction. Steinbeck uses images of animals to predict Chino's disaster, symbolizing Chino's character's decline and civilization's corruption.

John Steinbeck uses pearls' animal images to display greedy themes. The poor Mexican diver Keno understands how mistakes can ruin your life. The greed of novel caused great destruction, and it robbed Kino from his human race and his son. The image of the animals in this book is the tragedy that Steinbeck had foreseen in Chino and it shows the basic theme of symbolizing the decline of the character of Kino and corruption of civilization. This theme highlights human desire for perfection, depriving people of their ability to maximize their abilities.