Part one of term paper
Can materialism corrupt and destroy? In the novel The Pearl, Stienbeck shows how materialism can corrupt and destroy. For example, Kino hitting his wife Jauna, the doctor poisons the baby and the jewelers trying to cheat Kino out of money. Materialism corrupts and destroys. In the beginning of the story Kino and Jauna had a normal relationshi ...

Part two of term paper
... Jauna tried to make the baby better by sucking all the venom out, but it didn't work. Jauna took the baby to the doctor, and he refused to see them. "Have I nothing better to do then cure insect bites for little Indians? Im not a veterinarian."(11) When the doctor found out that they had the pearl he was able to see them. "He's a client of mine I'm treating his baby for a scorpion sting."(22) At their house he said that the baby was getting worse, so he gave the baby medicine which was actually pois ...