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Summary: The Pearl
Review: The book, The Pearl by John Steinbeck, is an excellent story about how greed can corrupt an innocent man. In the story a Native American man, Kino, his wife, Juana, and their infant son, Coyotito live in an Indian village in Mexico. One morning, a scorpion stings Coyotito. Kino and Juana rush little Coyotito to the doctor in the nearby town, but are turned away because they are too poor to afford the doctor's services. Later that morning, Kino goes diving for pearls and he surfaces with the biggest pearl that his family had ever seen. The rest of the story regards Coyotito's intensifying illness and other people trying to get the pearl. The book has a rather depressing ending but the moral of the story about greed and human nature is extremely apparent by the end of the novel. I highly recommend this book to anyone with two to three hours of free time.
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Summary: GREAT BOOK
Review: THE PEARL by John Steinbeck is an exciting and tedious novel. It is about a family of poor Indians who find a pearl and try to use it to pay a snooty doctor to help their son, Coyotito, who was bitten by a scorpion.
I think that the theme was that Kino finds a pearl and he wants to use it to pay the doctor to heal his son from a snake bite but his greed overcomes him and he ends up doing the wrong things. The theme was engaging and trivial. It made me think if I was comprehending the book the right way. It was scary at some parts and not scary in others. Sometimes I knew what was going to happen.
Kino is the father of Coyotito. Juana is the mother of Coyotito. Coyotito is the baby that gets bitten by the snake. The author explains them in the beginning of the story.
The setting is in Mexico and La Paz.
I think it is sometime in the 40's or the 50's. There is no cars or anything that we have now mentioned in the book.
He has an excellent style. He is not redundant with his words and he has ways to make you think about what something looks like. Like the way he describes the pearl. I read the book and noticed these things about his style.
I recommend this book to readers that like moral books.
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Summary: The Pearl of all Books
Review: The Pearl
By John Steinbeck
Don Juan
September 20, 2002The Pearl by John Steinbeck is a story about a poor family near the Gulf of Mexico. The main character is Kino, the entire book revolves around him. Kino is the father of the family, Juana is the mother and Coyotito is the sick baby. Kino is a swimmer and searches for things in the Gulf. Juana is a housewife and takes care of Coyotito. John Steinbeck is a very interesting writer. He skips small words and starts some sentences with words like "because" or "then". I think the authors purpose of writing this is because he wanted to show how people react when they win big in the lottery or any other kind of thing you could win. Kino turns into a greedy man when he finds the pearl. He starts to live his life protecting the pearl. My favorite part in the book is when Kino and his family are chased. This is my favorite part because this is when most of the action takes place. Juana takes Coyotito up to the caves and Kino hides behind a wall and waits to attack these stalkers. Coyotito lets out a cry and the stalkers think it's a coyote and fire shots. My favorite character in the book was the neighbor, Tomas. He was supportive of Kino, but reminded Kino to not let the fame and fortune that he now has, go to his head. Tomas is also a swimmer. The Pearl is a very interesting book. The end is a bit predictable, but still interesting. I enjoyed this novel very much. It is one of my favorite books. The type of reader for this book would have to enjoy a book that makes the reader think. I had to go back and read a few parts over and over again, because I didn't understand them. It's a very short book, but makes up with great writing. I would recommend this book to another reader. I think it's a book that anyone could read. This book is enjoyable to read because it can be closely related to winning the lottery. I would recommend this book to anyone, even if they don't like to read.
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Summary: Finding the Real Treasure
Review: Most people born and raised in America cannot even imagine the depths of poverty that most of the rest of the world are forced to live with. This story illuminates this fact, as we enter the world of Kino, a pearl diver and occasional fisherman, his wife Juana, and their baby son, Coyotito. All they have is a grass shack house, a few clay cooking utensils, and their prize possession, Kino's boat, inherited from his father and grandfather. The boat is the family's livelihood, providing the means to put a meal on the table and to provide a few pesos for store bought goods by selling the small pearls Kino is able to find. But Kino and his family, far from being depressed or unhappy, have a great treasure, the love they have for each other and their satisfaction with life as it is, with few disturbing dreams of greater things. But their quiet, routine life is turned upside down the day that Kino finds a Great Pearl. Suddenly Kino can dream of better things: a rifle for himself, school for his son so he will be able to read and tell what is really in the books, a real house. But dreams can be deadly things. Dreams lead to desire, and desire to greed, and greed to violence. What happens to Kino and family from this point on is not a pretty story. Now we see that underneath the quiet, idyllic seeming small town and its inhabitants lie the seeds of cheating, betrayal, collusion, fear, and murder. And we see the gradual loss of Kino's real treasures. By the end of the book, events have reached the level of real tragedy, and you, along with Kino, are liable to end up in a state of emotional exhaustion. Steinbeck's prose for this book matches his characters and situation very well, a very minimalist sentence structure and set of speech patterns. As a parable, the story has a strong moralistic point, but Steinbeck does not overdrive his thematic message, but lets his story speak for itself. One of Steinbeck's great strengths was his ability to capture on paper the characters he saw around him, and this book is a showcase for that talent. The characters of Kino and Juana are exquisitely drawn, real people you can relate to even though their lifestyles may be very far from your own. And because they are real people, it is very hard not to get drawn into their lives, where their dreams and their pains very readily become your own. This may not be Steinbeck's greatest book, as it is too short and with too limited a focus to compare to something like his Grapes of Wrath. But within its own territory, there are very few other pieces of literature that are even half as good.
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Summary: The Pearl
Review: I wouldn't call "The Pearl" a bad book. It is well-written, and Steinbeck effectively brings his point (what greed can do to you) across with this simple story. However, I have mixed feelings about it. It is written in the form of a parable, and this means that the story exists only for the sole purpose of bringing the point across. Like most parables/fables, the characters are 2 dimensional, and you can easily group most of them under the categories of "Good" and "Bad". This may put off some readers, who might find it rather boring. So if you want a more "filling" read, skip this. Three stars to be fair. After all, it's not that bad.
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Summary: The Pearl
Review: The Pearl taught a very good lesson about greediness. It taught me that you shouldn't let money or possessions get in the way of family and friends. Even though the pearl had some good lessons I couldn't really get into it. Kino and his life were so different from mine that I just couldn't relate. This book was a mix of good lessons and sad situations. I would rather read a book that teaches me lessons in a less sad way. The book had a very sad, unexpected ending that just kind of left me hanging.
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Summary: The Pearl
Review: The Pearl was an okay book, although I would not suggest it to anyone who wanted to read. I did like certain parts of the book, and it taught good lessons about life. It also let me see the world through a different point of view than my own. My favorite character in the novella was probably Kino for his human characteristics. He had so little, yet he was satisfied with what he had. He was strong all through the book, although his wife, Juana, appeared to be stronger at times. The Pearl has sort of a mysterious plot, and sometimes it was hard to follow along with what was happening. I definitely did not expect it to end as it did, and I was somewhat disappointed and surprised in the end. It's not your typical Hollywood plot. The Pearl had a good moral, but I do not think I would suggest you to read it for enjoyment.
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Summary: Tastefully Written
Review: Well, I have to say I really enjoyed reading The Pearl. I will admit it was a little boring in the beginning, but in the last chapters it began to strike my interest.I was sad to see how greedy humans could be. Kino found the pearl of the world and all the town could do was tell him it was fake or want it themselves. When Kino's son got bitten, the doctor wouldn't even treat him, but when Kino found that pearl all of a sudden he was more than happy to help him. I think it shows human nature at it's best. I would recommend this for anyone to read, it teaches you some very important values everyone should take notice of.Even though Juana knew the pearl would hurt and destroy them, she stuck by Kino side threw it all. The end really touched my heart; after all that the did to have a life for their family, the baby ended up getting killed. It was so sad to hear and yet it made the story a bitter sweet ending.
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Summary: Tragic Misconception
Review: The pearl is a novel that tells how something material is thought to be a blessing, but is not compared to the loss of a loved one. The book wasn't all that bad. But the only thing I didn't like was when Kino and Juana threw the pearl back into the sea. Kino worked so hard for that pearl and then he's gonna throw it away like its nothing? Not me. If there's something I orked for that hard I will surely keep it.
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Summary: The Pearl
Review: This book wasn't very interesting. Kino and his family found a pearl, and then were nearly killed by people who wanted it. You'd think that he would give up this pearl because his family was in danger. Instead he kills several men, and beats up his wife over the pearl. Then at the end, he throws it into the water after being followed by people who wanted to take it from him.This book was filled with wicked and greedy people. It was also very dragged out and full of sarcasm. I wouldn't recommend reading this book.
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