The Pearl: Motivation Motivation has many effects towards oneself. In The Pearl by John Steinbeck these characters make choices that might change their lives drastically. The decisions they make effect many around them, in both a positive and a negative way. What is it that makes the characters in the story that makes the decisions that they did? For instance, one of the main character Kino’s, motivation was driven by his basic needs of his family and his loyalty to the village. His wife
wishes to remove Pearl to save her, and he fears for her eternal soul. He presumes based on Hester’s past, that Pearl is “equally in the dark as to her soul, its present depravity, and future destiny” (99). Governor Bellingham has never seen Hester in her own home, where she is raising pearl, and has seen her only in town. Since he does not know what is going on behind the closed doors of Hester’s home, he jumps to the conclusion that Pearl is raised wrongly, and fears for Pearl. Much like Bellingham
in Count of Monte Cristo is easy to see, the fact that Dantès was sent to prison for deeds he never did and that the government official sent him there to protect himself. Dantès was handled in an unfair manner and was locked away for years due to selfish men. He lost his chance at peaceful, happy life and instead had a life of lies and
For murdering Goth queen Tamora’s sons, she plots a great conspiracy against Titus to avenge her sons’ death. To succeed in her conspiracy, she marries Saturninus and plots to perform a cruel act against Titus’ children, as Shakespeare’s ultimate quote “An Eye for an Eye.” The play ends with Titus and rest of Goth member’s
This quote really exemplifies how much Edna has changed and matured in contrast to the more static characters of Robert and Leonce. Here, Edna asserts that she is not a possession (completely contradictory to Louisiana norms at this time) to be traded. Edna
of love. The kind that starts deep and slowly wears away; that seems you will never use it up and then one day it is finished. Then there is the kind you do not notice at first, but which adds a little bit to itself everyday like an oyster makes a pearl, grain by grain…” (Ali). In the novel, Brick Lane, Nazneen is faced with two loves, and one choice. A choice of two men, her husband Chanu or her paramour, Karim. Nazneen has a difficult time making her decision and in the end she chose neither. These
Chapter 1: Every Trip Is a Quest (Except When It’s Not) Main Ideas: • Quests may not always be as dramatic as a knight having to save a princess from evil, but instead may be as simple as a trip to the supermarket. • There is usually a stated reason for a quest, but the real reason never involves the stated reason. • The real reason for a quest is to always gain self-knowledge. Connection: In the movie “Shrek,” Shrek starts off as a hostile and solitary ogre who dislikes all and is disliked by