Discussion Main / AmbitionIsEvil

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• The Pearl by John Steinbeck teaches us that attempting to escape the crushing poverty that life has dealt you by seizing a lucky and profitable opportunity is wrong and will result in your baby getting accidentally shot in the face.
  • This description actually makes it sound better than it is.
  • Actually, the moral was more about the dangers of greed. Considering the time period it takes place in, the offer he was given was actually more than generous, given that pearl divers, even today, are paid for labor and on commission.

Kino is trying to get medicine for his son with the proceeds from the Pearl. It's the greed of the townsfolk that causes the problems. That's not really ambition, since they're all just trying to make lucrative purchase, not raise their social station.

"Which always made it a little Fridgey for this troper since Percy was so obviously ambitious— yet still in Gryffindor. However, since you largely seem to get Gryffed by ASKING for it, it probably makes a little sense to someone. "

I am not going to cut this because I am but a new Troper, and young and afraid, but I feel like this is incredibly natter-y and doesn't have anything to do with the plot. Will anyone miss it if it's gone?