John Steinbeck's "The Pearl", The reason they are there

John Steinbeck's "The Pearl" by: Owen Jarvis

  "The loss of the pearl was a punishment visited on those who tried to leave their station. And the Father made it clear that each man and woman is like a soldier sent by God to guard some part of the castle of the Universe. And some are in the ramparts and some far deep in the darkness of the walls. But each one must remain faithful to his post and must not go running about, else the castle is in danger from the assaults of Hell."

 

A REAL LIFE EXAMPLE OF THE QUOTE: A real life example of this quote could be in a football game, if a defender doesn't do his job correctly, and the offense scores, then the whole team would be at fault for that one person's mistake. Another example would be a guard on duty at a fort. If that guard leaves his post, even for a minute, and they get attacked, everyone is in trouble.

 

 

THE MEANING OF THE QUOTE: This quote means that the people were put on this earth by god to stay put at there post and guard it. If one person doesn't stay loyal to their post, then other people around him, and himself, can also be in jeopardy from that mistake. This can range from people that are kings to people that are slaves to those kings. They are all there because of fate nothing is coincidental.

 

 

 

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE QUOTE: This quote is important to the story because it was Kino's fate to find the pearl and not anyone else's. It is also important to kino's people because it shows that they have a reason for being where they are, that is their position in life. It also shows that even if you are "far deep in the darkness of the walls" like kino's people had been for years, they still had a reason to be pearl diving hardly making it by.