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Summary: Teaches a good lesson!
Review: This story shows how greed can take over a person's life. A fisherman finds a pearl. The evil from the pearl completely takes over his body. Read the book to find the outcome and important lesson that is taught.
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Summary: A Steinbeck Cynic
Review: Caveat: I'll admit I've never liked Steinbeck, so perhaps, nay, for sure this review is spat bifurcated.Kino, Juana, and little Coyotito star in one of the worst books ever written. I won't spend too much time discussing plot, but briefly, it's about an indigent, indigenous family who thrives, er, exists on fishing and pearl-diving. Kino, the man of the house, finds a beautiful pearl one day. It is supposed to be the panacea that brings him and his family out of their impoverished strife. It could buy his wife new clothes and SHOES! and send his son to school. Instead Steinbeck lets the pearl represent all that is bad, corrupt, evil and avarice. He paints Kino a fiend for wanting a better station for his family. I will not say the end is a fag's end, but let me say, Of Mice and Men ended in a similarly dismal note. How would Steinbeck address today's problems of poverty? I don't know, but I have a feeling his welfare policies would be well written (as far as diction goes) but substantially desperate.
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Summary: Narly dude, The Pearl
Review: This book successfully mirrors human nature as it really is. It related the good and bad aspects of human nature. However the omniscient style of writing becomes a bit annoying when you know who is trying to steal the pearl but not everyone else does, and they are always wondering who the theif is. The author also is unsuccessful in describing the setting of the book. He leaves out the time and country that the story takes place in.
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Summary: Marsh student review
Review: I think that Jon Seinbeck's novel, The Pearl, was interesting. I thought that the beggining led into the story very well and there was a good plot line. It flowed well until the ending. I didnt like how The Pearl ended with Coyotito dying, and Juana and Kino going back into town. I felt like the story was missing something. But i guess that is my own interpretation. Steinbeck was writting more then a story, he was trying to express his beliefs and personal feelings on the matter. I think that the economy at this time also played a big part. It was the end of WWII, and money was a bigger deal to people.I think that the pearl represented a lot money, and kino found the pearl and then became distracted by it and was greedy and didnt care as much about his family. I thnk that Steinbeck had great ideas and should be commended for his work.
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Summary: Mike's Review
Review: I feel as though John Steinbeck did a wonderful job writing this book. This story gave real instances that happen everyday to different people all over the world. He did a good job at keeping the book interesting. I was never bored at all throughout the book, from cover to cover. The book was filled with excitement and action. He didn't start the book out with a bunch of boring, meaningless details that no one really cares about. In the end of the book John ends it very tragically with the killing of his son Coyotito. Kino goes through many difficult situations in the book, and selects many different ways of acting in them. All this just shows that money does not mean happiness, and John Steinbeck did a great job at getting that point across in this book.
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Summary: whatever
Review: how can you like it?? it's the worst book i've read in my life especially after we dissected it in school last year. i mean come on, there are just too many lessons and not enough story. JOhn steinbeck has written better than that. I mean, compare it to Of mice and men, the grapes of wrath and cannery row. The pearl was the type of book that my grandmother would recommend. not me. don't read it. it'll give you a poor veiw of john steinbeck. anyway..... its short enough to be read without regretting the wasted time so do what you'd like. over.
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Summary: Deeper concepts that really hit home
Review: I must say that I really did enjoy this book. It was rather short but I found this to be a good thing. It doesn't drag on or draw anything out. It has a lot of deeper meanings and teaches a lot of things that most people learn through their own mistakes. It shows a lot about primitive society and how greed rules people. How in our lives we are consumed by our fast paced society or the things we think we need but really only want and sometimes forget about the things that are true. How things that can seem so pure and good can really be evil and bring destruction. This book shows how money does not equal happiness and trusting and listening to those who are closest to you is an essential. This is a definite must read.
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Summary: JC's review
Review: Overall I'd say that this book was a success. I liked in the beginning how John got strait to the point, and then gradually introduced the characters to you. This keep me from drifting off and not paying attention to what I was reading in the beginning. I liked the how the idea of the songs in Kino's mind was set, and how at the end the evil sonds were what drove him to save his family. At least that was how I perseived it. Another thing that I thought was great was how John had the doctor say that the baby actually did have poison left in him. What was great about it was the fact that you couldn't tell if the doctor was lying just to get money or not. The ending was terrific. I liked how Kino nailed all three trackers without them even having a chance. When I found out that the baby was dead, I actually was sad. I would have liked to have known sooner that the baby was dead instead of waiting to find out when Kino and Juanna had returned home.The only downfall I thought this book had was that some parts I felt took to long, and I drifted away. That didn't happen often though. This book was a good one.
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Summary: Steinbeck's lesson.
Review: Steinbeck is truely one of the best novelist of his time. The pearl will pull you in and hold you under it's spell as you read about one man's dream of a better life and what he'll do to get it.It will cofront you with the question of, What are you willing to do for a better life.
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Summary: Book review for The Pearl
Review: The Pearl is a novel about the transitions a family goes through when Kino, the father, finds a giant pearl when he is on one of his fishing trips. When he brings the pearl home to his family in Baja California, the poor family gets hope from the pearl thinking it will bring them riches. As the family soon realizes having riches doesn't mean happiness. This book is a great book for anybody who wants a good read in a short amount of pages. Although this book is only about 90 pages in offers the same amount of emotion of a 300 page novel. The best think about this book was the moral at the end of the story. It expains to the reader that being rich or famous doesn't mean happiness, and that the person has to bring his own happiness. I would recommend this book to anybody over the age of 12 because it does deal with some very sad subjects that a 12 year old may not like. Overall this book was excellent and this book was one of Stienceck's best works.
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