Envy is a sin if you're doing something bad like stealing or doing something wrong to the person just to get what you desire. In my opinion, I couldn't say it's a sin if you're doing something good or something with an effort to get what you're envying about (like working hard to buy what you desire). Steinbeck also wrote important nonfiction, including Russian Journal (1948) in collaboration with the photographer Robert Capa Once There Was a War (1958) and America and Americans (1966), which features pictures by 55 leading photographers and a 70-page essay by Steinbeck. For me, envy is a sin if and only if you are doing something bad due great desire. Envy is a sin according to Christian ethics. What i learned after reading the story - having a valuable item or something great about yourself, there's an accompanied envious feeling on someone's end. I searched for more information about the ending of the story and it confirms the cause of death was because of a stray bullet fired by the hunters. And i think it's already useless too because his dream for his Coyotito will never happen. Kino decided to throw the pearl back to the sea because it brought pain & disaster to them. How the bullet got inside? The last part didn't clearly tell how it happens because the conclusion of the story is they arrived back in the city, with Juana having her son dead and Kino having a rifle on his back. It made me wonder if it was because of stray bullet fired by the hunters to scared the coyotes off who they thought was crying. On the last part of the story, I didn't know first exactly how *spoiler alert* their son died. In his journal, Nobel Prize winner John Steinbeck called East of Eden 'the first book,' and indeed it has the primordial power and simplicity of myth. People, their neighborhood have the culture of being a gossiper where story crawls to neighbor-to-neighbors, reaching beggars to churches, offices, tantamount to the whole city. A masterpiece of Biblical scope, and the magnum opus of one of America’s most enduring authors, in a commemorative hardcover edition. I learned, In the time setting of the story, being married & being baptized would require a sum of money and getting a healthcare / a doctor would also require a sum of money. Amazon Points Best Sellers Amazon Basics New. Hello Select your address Kindle Store Hello, Sign in. In the story, I see that there's a barrier between rich people & the poor. .jp: The Pearl (English Edition) eBook : Steinbeck, John : Kindle Store. The main characters are Kino (the one who found the pearl of the world), Juana (Kino's wife) and Coyotito (their son). The setting of the story is in a poverty area on a land's seashore, I think, in a shore around Gulf of somewhere in Mexico. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck Mass Market Paperback 14.20. Back Cover of The Pearl by John Steinbeck - Penguin Books This item: The Pearl by John Steinbeck Paperback 9.99.