Struggle for existence incidents in the pearl john steinbeck

Those morally culpable for the crisis involved many more than those who masterminded the vast plunder and got away with it. Millions of peoplesвЂ™ lives were turned upside-down, if not destroyed AmericaвЂ™s long-term future put in doubt.

The harm inflicted on the American people by the venal practices of those who orchestrated, implemented and/or facilitated the Great Recession is incalculable. At root, it was a moral crisis.Д«ernie Madoff and a handful of other racketeers were prosecuted, but all those actively or passively involved in the financial scam were not exposed, let alone legally dealt with. Kino throws the pearl back into the sea.The Great Recession of 2007-2009 was more than a financial and political crisis. Juana and Kino, united and beleaguered, walk back to the village side-by-side with CoyotitoвЂ™s dead body in JuanaвЂ™s shawl. Though Kino succeeds in killing the men, Coyotito has already been shot dead. When itвЂ™s completely dark, Kino prepares to attack them but, as he is about to, Coyotito lets out a cry, provoking one of the trackers to shoot at what he assumes to be a coyote. The family retreats into a cave on a mountainside, under which the trackers come to rest at night.

They flee north at nighttime, pursued by trackers who have followed them from the village. Then, upon seeing that their house is engulfed in flames, the family seeks refuge in Juan TomasвЂ™s house. Now that Kino is guilty of murder, Kino and Juana truly must leave the town.ДЄs Kino approaches the canoe to prepare for their departure, he sees that someone has made a hole in its bottom. Some minutes later, Juana rises to discover that Kino has been attacked yet again, and, this time, has killed his attacker. Juana tries to throw the pearl into the ocean, but Kino follows her, rips the pearl away from her, and beats her to the ground. That night, Kino fights off another attacker.

Kino concludes that heвЂ™s been cheated and decides to go to the capital for a better estimate. Kino accuses the dealer of cheating him, so the dealer instructs Kino to ask around for other appraisals, which are even worse than the first. The first dealer Kino visits assesses the pearl at a mere 1000 pesos, declaring it too big and clumsy to be worth anything more, though it is clearly more valuable than he lets on. The next day, Kino and Juana, followed by their neighbors, go to visit the pearl dealers. Juana begs, to no avail, that they get rid of the pearl. That night, after dark, Kino hears noises in the house and manages to strike a thief looking for the pearl with his knife, but is also struck in return. Kino promises to pay the doctor after selling the pearl, which the doctor feigns not to have heard about. Within the hour, Coyotito indeed becomes ill and the doctor administers a second treatment to cure him. He administers a first treatment and predicts that the poison will strike within the hour. Then the doctor, inspired by the news of the pearl, arrives in order to treat the baby. The priest visits the brush house to remind Kino and Juana to thank God. When Juan Tomas asks Kino what he will do as a rich man, he responds that he and Juana will be married in a church, that they will have new clothes, that he will have a rifle, and that his son will receive an education. News of KinoвЂ™s pearl spreads rapidly through the town, inspiring desire and envy in everyone who hears of it. Upon returning to the canoe, Kino opens this oyster last and finds within it the most perfect pearl in the world. Kino dives down to the seafloor and finds one oyster lying alone, gleaming from within. Kino and Juana set off in their canoe to search for pearls. The servant informs Kino that the doctor will not be able to see them and Kino punches the gate, infuriated by the doctorвЂ™s evident discrimination. When the servant reports their arrival at his gate, the doctor, lounging indulgently in bed, is insulted by the mere notion that he would вЂњcure insect bites for вЂlittle IndiansвЂ™вЂќ without compensation. Kino, Juana, Coyotito, and their neighbors proceed together to the city. In the midst of Kino and JuanaвЂ™s morning routine, Coyotito is stung by a scorpion that has fallen into his hanging box.ДЄware of how poisonous the scorpionвЂ™s sting is, Juana orders that the doctor be gotten and when the doctor refuses to come to them, insists they go to the doctor themselves. It begins in the brush house of Kino, Juana, and their baby, Coyotito, a family of Mexican Native Americans. The Pearl takes place in a small village on the outskirts of La Paz, California.

Struggle for existence incidents in the pearl john steinbeck