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Can materialism corrupt and destroy? In the novel The Pearl, Stienbeck shows how materialism can corrupt and destroy. For example, Kino hitting his wife Jauna, the doctor poisons the baby and the jewelers trying to cheat Kino out of money. Materialism corrupts and ....

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.... his baby for a scorpion sting."(22) At their house he said that the baby was getting worse, so he gave the baby medicine which was actually poison. He came back an hour later. The doctor said he cured the baby but really he poisoned the baby then he cured him so he could get money. Kino took the pearl to town to cash it in. He went to a lot of jewelers to see who would offer him the most amount of money. "Well let me see your pearl, we will give you the best price."(48) All the jewelers in town got together and talked about Kino and they decided to give Kino the same price. They all said - "This pearl is fools gold. It's too large. Who would buy it? ....