Greed is Not the Best Thing to Experience in Life

 
How many times have you experienced greed in your life? We all have been greedy at least one time in our life. I know that I have been greedy more than once already, which I am not proud of. I really don’t like when people are greedy and want more and it seems to me that they have a lot of nice things already and they don’t need anything more. Many people don’t appreciate the things they have. In the story The Pearl by John Steinbeck, Kino the main character experienced greed which everyone some time in their life experiences.
 
Kino, the main character in this book became greedy after finding a large pearl in the sea. Kino thought it was the pearl of the world and he received this pearl from the God or gods. This pearl very quickly changed Kino's behavior. The reason this pearl was a great value to Kino and his family was because he does not have a lot of money. Also his son Coyotito had just been stung by a scorpion, so Kino needed the pearl to get money to then hire a doctor to cure his son. After everyone knows that Kino owns this great pearl of the world everyone somehow knows Kino and his family. It is not just that everyone knows Kino and Juana but, lots of people are trying to trick Kino into having him give the pearl to them to keep safely. These people are even trying to steal the pearl (that happened to Kino and Juana more than once).
 
Kino then tried to sell the pearl for a lot of money but the buyers were being very mean to Kino because of his skin color. The buyers we bidding very low on purpose to get the pearl for a low cost but, Kino did not want to sell the pearl for the low amounts that they were bidding so Kino did not sell the pearl there because of the buyers. After that Kino was going to go to the capital to sell the pearl. Juana (Kino's wife) wanted to get rid of the pearl because it was bringing out a mean side of Kino. Their house was burned down by the shadows. So Kino, Juana and Coyotito had to leave their home land. Kino and his family had to then only travel at night to be safe. Everyone wants to kill Kino because he has the pearl. Once it gets light out they have to find a place to hide until it gets dark again. Juana kept saying how much she wanted to get rid of this pearl because it was pulling apart her family. When they kept going they saw hunters that were trying to hunt them. Kino and Juana needed to find water. So they found a place but the hunters were guarding it. Kino killed the two hunters but when Kino was about to kill one they shot their gun and it just missed Kino and hit Coyotito in the head. That made me really sad. I don't like when books or movies end in sadness. Kino they found that the pearl was not worth this trouble anymore. Although Kino was very greedy about the pearl I have been greedy one time is when I got my Ipod touch.
 
Kino was so greedy with the great pearl but I was greedy with when I got an Ipod touch. This year for Christmas I really wanted to get an Itouch. I already have an ipod but it was a nano and I really wanted a touch Ipod. So I was asking and asking my mom and dad almost every day for one. Also on the weekends I would find adds of an Itouch. I would say to my mom look at Wal-Mart you buy an Itouch and get $50 credit at Wal-Mart. She would say we are not going get that this year. Finally it was Christmas and I really wanted that Ipod. So almost every gift hat I got from my parents I would shake it and say please be an Itouch please be an Itouch and each time I would open the gift and say thank you because it was something I wanted but it wasn’t an Itouch. I had one gift left and I opened it and it was not an Itouch. Then I had to get ready to go to my Uncles house and my dad called all of us in the room we opened the presents in and he said "I can't believe you guys didn’t see these presents". So we all went into the room and opened them at the same time. My older brother got a flat screen TV. and my younger brother and I got ipod touches. I was so excited! But I was being very greedy because I already had an Ipod and I just wanted the new thing. I was very lucky getting something like that expecting because we are redoing our kitchen. I am very grateful for what I got and I am so happy that I got the new Ipod. Although I was greedy, Kino and I are not the only ones.
 
Kino and I were greedy but I am sure you have been greedy before too. Everyone has been greedy before because it is only human. Some people are greedier than others. Some experiences of greed are small but other maybe large. I am not greed a lot but when I am it does not feel good for me. I know people that are greedy a lot so I don’t think that they even really think about being greedy because they do it so often. This is not something that I think is good to do to people that care for you are you care for them too. Greediness is not something to be proud of if you do it a lot.
 
I described about my experience with greed and Kino’s experience with greed. I also, mentioned greed itself and how it is not something to be proud of. If you are someone that is often greedy, you may want to think twice before you are asking for more. I hope that you are one of the people that are not too greedy and appreciate what you have.