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About the Author

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John Steinbeck was the son of Olive Hamilton, a school teacher, and John Ernst Steinbeck, a flour-mill manager and Monterey County Treasurer. Like other families […]

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Overview

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Whether by prayer, quest, or contest, humans have long expressed their desire for wealth and dreams of a better life. Many are the tales about […]

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Literary Qualities

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Kino’s story is an allegory: his journey affords him a small amount of personal growth and a variety of lessons on which to reflect. An […]

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Social Sensitivity

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Written in the mid-1940s, The Pearl addresses numerous social issues that gained prominence at that time and that remained among the chief concerns of late […]

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Ideas and Topics for Papers

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VII TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION 1. Consider the following quote from The Pearl: “An accident could happen to these oysters, a grain of sand could lie […]