The Pearl: Selfishness And Greed
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I chose to write my essay on the profound amount of selfishness and
greed displayed by some of the characters in The Pearl.
The person who I feel is the most selfish is the doctor. After the
baby, Coyotito, is stung by the scorpion and Kino takes him to the doctor,
the doctor refuses to treat Coy ....
Middle of paper
.... poisons Coyotito and tells Kino he will return in an hour.
When the doctor returns he gives Coyotito the anecdote and then asks when
he will get paid.
The next show of greed comes from the dealer that Kino was going to
sell the pearl to. The dealer tells Kino that his pearl is large and
clumsy, and that no one would buy it. Then he offers Kino one thousand
pesos, but Kino knows that the pearl is worth fifty thousand pesos. When
Kino doesn't agree to sell the pearl for a thousand pesos the ....
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