In the novel “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck. Juana, the Priest, and the doctor have all undergone a change due to money. They are all affected by their need to be wealthy and inturn are setting themselves up for their own destruction, and the destruction of society. Steinbeck's "The Pearl" is a story of man's self-destruction through greed. Juana, the wife of Kino, who was a hard working peasant man, had lived a spiritual life …showed first 75 words of 792 total…

…showed last 75 words of 792 total…social status that he puts aside the real reason he became a Priest. In "The Pearl", Steinbeck expresses the fact that man's want for wealth and social status leads to the self-destruction of man, both mentally, and physically. The Priest of La Paz, The doctor, Kino, and Juana were all affected by the affects of greed. Whether they were striving for wealth or are in the path of those that are, they are all affected.