Deep Water

The short story by William O. Douglas had vivid description. For example in the beginning when he said he didn’t want to show his cold bare skinny legs he not only described the way they felt he also described the way they looked which gave you a better description of how he felt and looked. Also he described the teenager who pushed him in the water looked. He described him as a big bruiser of a boy, probably eighteen or nineteen which not only told you he was big and strong he also told us how old he was about 18 or 19. In this short story William O. Douglas is trying to tell us that we can overcome our fears.
For example if you are scared of heights you can overcome that fear if you just work at it by maybe going somewhere higher every day or hike up a small mountain in your free time . No matter what fear you have you can always ask someone you trust. So basically what he is saying is if you are scared of something you shouldn’t avoid it just. You should try to overcome it. That was a life lesson that it took him years to learn and because it took him years to learn he wrote this short story so you wouldn’t make the same mistakes that he did. Another thing this book symbolizes is what you can accomplish
Overcoming your fears is one thing, but if you have a fear in basketball like going to the free throw line to shoot free throws because you miss them all the time. If you work on it you can make it your strength so you like going to the line instead of fearing it. That is something he did. He used to fear going into the water because he couldn’t swim but as he got older he learned to swim and eventually liked going into the water.
So in the short story “Deep Water” William O. Douglas shows good description when he describes not only himself, but also the big teenager when he called him a big bruiser of a boy. So over all William O. Douglas is just trying to tell us that we can overcome our fears.

the pearl essay

The Pearl is a Book Written by John Steinbeck and is about a poor indigenous Mexican family. The family consists of three people Kino, Juana, and Coyotito. In the beginning of the book the author describes Kino as a strong young man with black hair and a thin mustache. Also he described him as impatient. He described Juana as a nice patient and independent young women.

In the beginning of the book John Steinbeck stated that Kino and the rest of the villagers were surprised that Juana asked Kino to bring their baby Coyotito their baby who just got stung by a scorpion to the doctor seeing that she was a very independent young women. When Kino and Juana found out that the doctor wouldn’t help their baby Kino expressed his anger by punching the wall. The next day they went out on their boat to go pearling and that day Kino found the Pearl of the world.

When Kino found the pearl of the world he got very paranoid because everyone wanted it even the priest wanted to take the pearl from him. During the night someone tried to steal the pearl. The day he went to town to sell it the buyers in the crowd all ready had it set up to cheat him. He called them dirty cheaters I and I would agree with him they were being cheaters. They were just trying to cheat him out of his money. After he called the cheaters he left the auction and prepared to leave in the middle of the night Kino gathered up some food and was preparing the long journey to the capital to sell the pearl.

When they stop to rest Kino warns Juana what plants she can and can’t touch. When he comes back he sees that someone has killed his boat. At the end of the book Kino finally realizes that the pearl has brought nothing but trouble. For example Kino and Juana lost their boat and also their son Coyotito was killed. So he throws the peal into the golf.

The Pearl

After finishing the book The Pearl, by John Steinbeck I saw a life lesson in the book. The lessen was you can't turn your back on anyone because at any time no matter what is going on you have to know whether you can count on someone when it really matters. At the end when Coyote dies Juana has Kino’s back and when Kino throws the Pearl in the Gulf Juana is there helping him through it. Then to get through the long journey climbing through mountains going through long paths struggling to find water Kino is there helping Juana and coyotito fight through it. Also I noticed that John Steinbeck has his moments where there the book is very dry, but also had some very exciting parts. John Steinbeck has a way of writing that can be boring when you are reading some parts that could be really exciting. Over all I didn’t like the book because there was so much talk about magic, the evil, and the good spirits. Also I didn’t like it because in the book John Steinbeck talked about Kino and Juana not knowing whether the God or gods were real

chapter three of the pearl

Once Kino gets the pearl he is just being human by wanting more. Everone does. TThe reason he wants more is because when he finds the pearl he knows that he can get alot of money for it and he starts thinking on what he could get. In the book he talks about his son going to school. getting married buying a rifle and many other things. so like i said before he was just being human.

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