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    The document summarizes key themes and events in John Steinbeck's novel The Pearl. It discusses how the doctor initially refuses treatment for Kino's son but becomes interested after Kino finds a large pearl. It also describes Kino's desire for wealth from selling the pearl and his close family bonds with his wife and baby. The document then analyzes themes of materialism, deception, respect, and inequality in the novel.

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    The document summarizes key themes and events in John Steinbeck's novel The Pearl. It discusses how the doctor initially refuses treatment for Kino's son but becomes interested after Kino finds a large pearl. It also describes Kino's desire for wealth from selling the pearl and his close family bonds with his wife and baby. The document then analyzes themes of materialism, deception, respect, and inequality in the novel.

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    The document summarizes key themes and events in John Steinbeck's novel The Pearl. It discusses how the doctor initially refuses treatment for Kino's son but becomes interested after Kino finds a large pearl. It also describes Kino's desire for wealth from selling the pearl and his close family bonds with his wife and baby. The document then analyzes themes of materialism, deception, respect, and inequality in the novel.

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    Moral Values 'THE PEARL'

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    The document summarizes key themes and events in John Steinbeck's novel The Pearl. It discusses how the doctor initially refuses treatment for Kino's son but becomes interested after Kino finds a large pearl. It also describes Kino's desire for wealth from selling the pearl and his close family bonds with his wife and baby. The document then analyzes themes of materialism, deception, respect, and inequality in the novel.

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    THE PEARL

    John Steinbeck
    MORAL
    VALUES
    One must not be greed
    THE DOCTOR
    - at first,he does not want to give a treatment to coyotito
    because he knows Kino will not be able to pay him.
    - after the discovery of the pearl of the world,the
    doctor suddenly becomes concerned about
    Coyotito.

    KINO
    -he wants so much from the sale of the pearl.
    The importance of the family unit
    - Kino looking at his baby and wife when he first
    awakes ; Kino awares of his wife’s routine even
    though he only hears the sounds and does not see
    her.
    - they go pearl-fishing ; Juana refuses to leave Kino
    when he suggests that she goes to the closest town
    while he tries to mislead trackers.
    - Kino also maintains close ties with his brother,Juan
    Thomas.
     Objection with objects of a material nature

    - Kino becomes obsessed with the pearl as he sees it as a way


    out of poverty.
    - He ignores Juana’s pleas to get rid of it and puts the family in
    danger.
     False appearances

    - when the pearl is first discovered,it provides a vision of a


    bright future for Kino but later it shows all the negative and
    dark side of things.
    - many people of La Paz such as the priest,the doctor and the
    pearl buyers are deceitful.
     Honour and respect

    - for Kino and the pearl fishers,the canoe is their means


    of survival.
    - when he finds his canoe damaged,Kino feels great
    sorrow and rage that someone could do such a thing.
     Equality

    - the people of Spanish descent who live in the


    town treat the Mexican-Indians like animals.
    THE
    END

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