Comparison and Contrast of the Characters the Pearl

Man and woman, though they are both human being and have some in common, they are completely two species differing from thoughts, ideas, behaviors, to emotions. We can find evidence of this in John Steinbeck's famous story The Pearl. Kino, the husband and his wife, Juana, they do have some similarities, however, they have much more different than similar. Undoubtedly, both of them are satisfied with their plain and simple fisherman life before the scorpion stung their baby, Coyotito. They are industrious and honest.. Though they are poor, they deserve our respect. However, after their son was stung by scorpion and they found "the pearl of the world", their life changed, at the same time, we can see clearly how their temper and temperament differed from each other, so that how they behaved different way in the same situation. From the very beginning, we can see that: Kino was impetuous and sentimental, Juana was sensible and calm. After scorpion fell on the baby's shoulder and struck, he had the scorpion in his fingers, "rubbing it to a paste in his hands". When Coyotito screamed with pain, he "beat and stamped the enemy until it was a fragment and a moist place in the dirt".

Therefore, it was these things that "made [Kino] a man, half insane and half god", though "all of the time Juana had been trying to rescue something of the old peace, of the time before the pearl", their story still ends with sad and grief. This story reveals conflict no only man vs. society, but also man vs. women, and man vs. himself. When a man has a lot of fortune, which he becomes the enemy of all the other, what should he do? What is the ending if he fights to everyone? Whether a man, who has strength and power, is always right? Whether a woman, who is vulnerable and defenseless, should always listen to her husband? "Personality decides fate", the story has proved this word. We are the author of our

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