The Pearl: Selfishness and Greed I chose to write my essay on the profound amount of selfishness and greed displayed by some of the characters in The Pearl. The person who I feel is the most selfish is the doctor. After the baby, Coyotito, is stung by the scorpion and Kino takes him to the doctor, the doctor refuses to treat Coyotito because they don't have any money. The doctor makes the statement to his servant, "Has he any money? No, they never have any money. I, I alone in the world am supposed to work for nothing- and I am tired of it." The doctor is refusing to spend a few seconds of his time to look at the baby's wound, which he knows could be fatal, simply because they cannot pay him immediately. The doctor shows his selfishness again, after learning that Kino has found a large pearl. When the doctor sees that Coyotito is improving, h....

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