Part one of term paper
George Bernard Shaw once said, "There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it." This quote is saying that when some people gain their heart's desire or what they want, it can sometimes bring more bad than good. It can bring out many characteristics such as greed and jealosy in the characters ...

Part two of term paper
... Kino want to fit into soceity so he could have things that others take for granted such as a treatment from a doctor and be accepted in the eyes of others. When Kino finds an huge pearl in the ocean he feels that him and his family will prosper from this. Kino realizes that this won't be as easy as he thought when he tries to sell the pearl. The pearl buyers were very conniving characters when they all tried to buy the pearl for much less than it is worth so they could sell it for a big profit. ...