Essay About Son Coyito And Faithful Wife Of Kino

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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. Steinbecks
“The Pearl” is a study of mans 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 fell ill from the bite of a
scorpion, she eagerly turned towards the spiritual aspects of life.
Beginning to pray for her sons endangered life. The doctor who
had resided in the upper-class section of the town, refused to
assistant the child, turning them away when they arrived at the
door. Lastly they turned to the sea to seek their fortune. When
Juana set sight on the “Pearl of The World.” she felt as though
all her prayers had been answered, if she could have foreseen the
future what she would have seen would have been a mirror image of
her reality. Juanas husband was caught in a twisted realm of
mirrors, and they were all shattering one by one. In the night he
heard a “sound so soft that it might have been simply a
thought” and quickly attacked the trespasser. This is where
the problems for Juana and her family began. The fear that had
mounted in Kinos body had taken control over his actions. Soon
even Juana who had always had faith in her husband, had doubted him
greatly. “It will destroy us all” she yelled as her attempt to
rid the family of the pearl had failed. Kino had not listened
however, and soon Juana began to lose her spiritual side and for a
long time she had forgotten her prayers that had at once meant so
much to her. She had tried to help Kino before to much trouble had
aroused, only to discover that she was not competent enough to
help.
A hypocrathic oath is said before each medical student is
granted a Doctors degree. In the oath they swear to aid the ill,
and cure the injured. In the village of La Paz there lived a
doctor who had earned his wealth by helping those that were ill and
could afford his services. Not once in his long career would he
have dared refuse to aid a wealthy lawyer or noblemen. However
when Kino and the group of money hungry peasants arrived at his
door with a poisoned child he had refused them entry saying “Have
I nothing better to do than cure insect bites for `little Indians?
I am a doctor, not a veterinary.” for the doctor had known that
the peasants hadnt any money. He had been to Paris and had
enjoyed the splendors of the world, and therefore he wouldnt be
seen dealing with the less fortunate as he knew that the less
fortunate would surely always be just that-less fortunate. However
it seemed that he had been stereotypical of the less fortunate, as
he soon discovered when hearing of a great pearl discovered by the
peasants who had knocked upon his door earlier that day. A hunger
for wealth was what pushed him to visit the peasants house and aid
their destitute son. However he had already ended Coyitos life
without knowing hed done so, for if he had administered aid to
Coyito when they were first at the doctors door, Kino would have no
reason to