What would you do if you find the greatest pearl in the world? This is what happened to Kino---a poor fisherman in the novel The Pearl, who accidently finds the Pearl of the World. This event marks a changing point in Kino's life. In The Pearl John Steinbeck uses Kino's story to illustrate that humans tend to be greedy, deceptive and evil in nature.

First of all, in The Pearl, it is clear that human nature is greedy. One of the most significant examples is the character of the fat doctor. He is the only doctor living in the city nearby that Kino can find from his outlying village. The doctor was already rich before Kino found the great pearl; he has plenty of material wealth. This is seen in the quote "In his chamber the doctor sat up in his high...