Summer Reading Assignment
The significance of greed and ambition are very similar to each other yet so different. Greed is when you have a rapacious desire for something when you are have possession of. On the other hand, ambition is when you are in need for something that you don't have and you try hard enough to actually do what you desire. Many authors use greed and ambition as their theme. “The Pearl” and “The Necklace” are two stories that use both greed and ambition as their themes. Both authors decided to treat the themes by showing it through the characters’ actions.
The Pearl, is a book about Kino, a man who found a pearl which now makes his rich. In this book, the author portrayed the theme mainly by Kino. In chapter 2, John Steinbeck …show more content…
Mathilde is unhappy since she doesn’t feel appreciated because of the social status she was born into and she gets into a huge problem. Throughout this story, she shows greed since she wants an excessive amount of jewelry, when she already has enough. Mathilde has this strong desire for more glamorous objects when others don’t have any. She has this glorious life that others don’t, making her a greedy person, which introduces the theme of greed. On the contrary, in this short story, Mathilde shows ambition when she lost the necklace. She didn’t want to look bad, she decided to get a diamond necklace that was similar to it. Loisel wanted to fix everything which shows the theme of …show more content…
The theme of greed was shown very clearly just like the theme of ambition. The difference between these two stories was that in John Steinbeck’s book, “The Pearl,” he decided to show that Kino wanted more money for the pearl so he can get and do more things with it. Overall he had a purpose for the amount of money but it wasn’t necessary since he was already settled for the things that were important. However, in, “The Necklace,” Mathilde purpose was because she wanted to feel wealthy. In conclusion, “The Pearl” and “The Necklace,” treat the theme of, greed and ambition, by the characters’
The significance of greed and ambition are very similar to each other yet so different. Greed is when you have a rapacious desire for something when you are have possession of. On the other hand, ambition is when you are in need for something that you don't have and you try hard enough to actually do what you desire. Many authors use greed and ambition as their theme. “The Pearl” and “The Necklace” are two stories that use both greed and ambition as their themes. Both authors decided to treat the themes by showing it through the characters’ actions.
The Pearl, is a book about Kino, a man who found a pearl which now makes his rich. In this book, the author portrayed the theme mainly by Kino. In chapter 2, John Steinbeck …show more content…
Mathilde is unhappy since she doesn’t feel appreciated because of the social status she was born into and she gets into a huge problem. Throughout this story, she shows greed since she wants an excessive amount of jewelry, when she already has enough. Mathilde has this strong desire for more glamorous objects when others don’t have any. She has this glorious life that others don’t, making her a greedy person, which introduces the theme of greed. On the contrary, in this short story, Mathilde shows ambition when she lost the necklace. She didn’t want to look bad, she decided to get a diamond necklace that was similar to it. Loisel wanted to fix everything which shows the theme of …show more content…
The theme of greed was shown very clearly just like the theme of ambition. The difference between these two stories was that in John Steinbeck’s book, “The Pearl,” he decided to show that Kino wanted more money for the pearl so he can get and do more things with it. Overall he had a purpose for the amount of money but it wasn’t necessary since he was already settled for the things that were important. However, in, “The Necklace,” Mathilde purpose was because she wanted to feel wealthy. In conclusion, “The Pearl” and “The Necklace,” treat the theme of, greed and ambition, by the characters’