The Pearl Man Vs Man

As many people grow up and age or have major events happen in their life they begin to grow up or mature. This has people develop a respect for certain things or a sense of dignity for themselves. It helps them make better choices in life. Scott O’Dell uses man versus self as a form of conflict in his novel, The Black Pearl, to show how Ramon starts to grow through realizations in his life and how others act to him and how others react around him. This establishes a sense of growing up and maturity for Ramon. After being denied a diving trip from his father, Ramon wants to prove to himself that he can do good things and that he can go dive so he finds Soto Luzon, one his father’s friends, to take him. When Ramon ends up finding the black pearl when he was diving, he is even more …show more content…
At first Ramon does not like this so he steals the pearl as he wants to give it back to the Manta as it is the Manta’s pearl from it's own home. Unfortunately Gaspir, wanted the pearl for his own riches so he captures Ramon and then Gaspir either killed or made the Manta flee, so Ramon could not give the pearl back to the Manta. Instead Ramon goes back home and gifts it to the Madonna saying, “In her hand I place the great black pearl. ‘This is now a gift of adoration,’ I said, ‘a gift of love.’” (O’Dell 95) To understand what Ramon means you must know what adoration means. Adoration is the show of deep love or respect for something, he honors the statue by gifting the pearl back to it as it deserves it and should grant the Salazar family good fortune now and forever in heaven. In the case that the Manta didn’t die he wants to make sure the Madonna-of-the-sea protected his family from the harm of the manta. This shows his maturity to where he wants to protect both his family and his town, La