As you can see the title of the article, ' money cannot buy happiness,' you can know that this article is related to the parable, 'The Pearl.' The theme of the parable is that money cannot make one happy. This article says 'experts say that excessive wealth, particularly for people unaccustomed to it, such as lottery winners, can actually cause unhappiness.' In 'The Pearl,' Kino is not accustomed to wealth, so it causes unhappiness. In other words, wealth just makes Kino and his family unhappy, for example, Koyotito dies in the parable.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
reflection on 'the pearl'
The pearl
The definition of parable is a short story which is told in order to make a moral. ‘The pearl’ can be related relate to real life and contains a moral that can relate to real life, so, in my opinion, it is a parable. The moral that this parable contains is that money cannot make people happy or that money cannot satisfy people. Money would rather make people greedy than make them happy.
The moral that I could learn from this parable is that, as I said before, money would rather make people greedy than make them happy. This moral can relate to real life. For example, if there is something that is profitable, I will not care everything around me but I will care the thing. However, during the process, I always make some troubles, like harming others. After I realize that I am wrong, it is late to turn back. This
The conclusion is that this story is parable, so it contains a variety of lessons which are very essential to our life.
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