This foreshadows the awkward fight Kino will have with the pearl because it is evil and will not consent to fulfilling KinoвЂ™s happiness. Furthermore, вЂњit would be a clumsy fightвЂќ for the roosters that Kino was watching near the brush fence because вЂњthey were not game chickensвЂќ (pg 4). This imagery also confirms that Kino cannot anticipate assistance from God. This demonstrates that Kino, like the feeble ant, will be harassed by sadistic predators. For instance, while Kino is observing the beautiful, peaceful morning, he examines a vulnerable ant ensnared in a set by an ant lion вЂњwith the detachment of GodвЂќ (pg 3). Initially, the motif of animal imagery is used to predict the tragedy that comes to Kino. Steinbeck utilizes animal imagery to foreshadow KinoвЂ™s catastrophe, to illustrate KinoвЂ™s character decline, and to symbolize the corruption of civilization. In The Pearl, animal imagery is an essential motif that infiltrates the structure of the novel.

Using a biblical style, uncomplicated language, and rich imagery, Steinbeck relates this story to universal values.

Kino, a simple Mexican pearl diver who provides for his wife Juana and baby boy Coyotito, finds a pearl, which he hopes will provide his family a better life, but instead shatters his life when his only child is killed by the men who are hunting him. John Steinbeck in his parable-like novel The Pearl embraces the dark power of greed, which ultimately results in destruction.

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