How long will it take? The colonoscopy itself only takes about 30 minutes. The prep begins at home the evening before the procedure. The morning of your colonoscopy youâll spend about three hours at the clinic or hospital. Then youâll return home to rest for the remainder of the day. You can usually return to your usual activities the next day.
A pearl is a hard object produced within the soft tissue (specifically the mantle) of a living shelled mollusk or another animal, such as a conulariid.
In the novel, the pearl itself symbolizes man's nature -- his propensity toward greed, and the struggle between good and evil. The moral of this retold folk tale seems to say that no good can come from man's desire for money or even from a desire to change his lot in life.