The Pearl

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Summary: A Girl From New York!
Review: I am a 15 years old student from New York. I have read a book name "The Pearl" it is written by John Steinbeck. This story is about a very poor fisherman named Kino and his wife Juana. Their son was bitten by a scorpion. They went to see the Doctor, but the Doctor dont want to see them because they dont have any money. Then Kino found the great pearl. He thought this pearl will make his family happy. But this pearl brings them many troubles.If you want to know more just read this book. You will like it and you will learn many things from this book.

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Summary: The Big Pearl
Review: In the Pearl by john steinbeck we see the transformation of a fairly happy family compose of Kino, Juana, and Coyotito whom goes from an ordinarli life to a very complicated one.

Kino, until his son ilness, live a quiet and humble life. For all we know kino and his family had the very essential needs covered with his earning as a fishman. Most likely, his life and the life of his son would had passed without incident. Something like as kino was a master of living a humble life.

Were as by finding the big pearl and sunddenly be faced with promise of rishes and good forture, he is insited by greed, death and percecution like he don't know how to handle his new found rishes. Something that his wife reconese carly on and kino much lates by throwing the pearl back to the sea and the death of his Son Coyotito.

The irony of the story is that the very samething that was going to save kino son was the samething that kill him.

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Summary: GOOD ENOUHG
Review: i'M A GIRL OF 15 YEARS OLD THAT LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY, THE BOOK THAT I READ IS NAMED "THE PEARL" WRITTEN BY JOHN STEINBECK, TJIS STORY IS FICTION BUT IS VERY NICE STORY AND I SURE RECOMENDED, BECAUSE, THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A POR FAMILY THAT LIVED IN BAJA CALIFORNIA {MEXICO}.

THE MAINS CHARACTERS ARE KINO,JUANA,AND THEIR BABY'S CHILD COYOTITO,THAT LIVED IN A BRUSH HOUSE AND KINO WORK AS A FISHER ALSO LOOKING FOR PEARLS THAT WILL HELP HIM AND HIS FAMILY TO LIVE BETTER, THEY MIGHT BE POOR BUT HAPPY,BECAUSE THE ONLY THING TO SURVIVE IS AN OLD CANOE THAT HAVE BEEN ONTHEIR FAMILY FOR CENTUARYS.

BUT WHEN KINO FIND THE PEARL THEY WON'T BE HAPPY ANYMORE.BUT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THIS FAMILYAND WHY THEY ARE NOT HAPPY ANYMORE WITH THE GREATEST PEARL, YOU SHOULD READ IT,IS VERY NICE, INTERESTING AND ALSO THAT BY READING IT YOU WILL LEARN A LOT OF GOOD THINGS THAT WILL HELP YOUR WHOLE LIFE.

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Summary: The Pearl
Review: I thought that The Pearl was boring. There were only a couple of exciting parts, but the rest was boring. The story teaches a good point, though. It teaches that riches can't buy happyness, but can ruin a family. I think that Steinback could have said the same thing, but made it more interesting. The story could easily be a true story, and I'm sure its based on one, but it isn'y really a likable storyline. I think that the story was supposed to be symbolic because every sound that happens is translated into music. Kino, the main character hears the "music of the family", the "music of the enemy", the "music of the pearl", etc. so it gets kind of boring. Every so often, there is a word in Spanish, and if you don't understand Spanish, it is a little confusing. The book is okay, but I definatly wouldn't recomend it.

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Summary: It's OK to read it
Review: In ¡§the pearl¡¨ was by Steinbeck John. The main characters are Kino and Juana. They live in a brush house with their son named Coyotito near the sea in Baja, Mexico. Their only possession is a canoe. One day, a scorpion stung Coyotito. They don¡¦t have money to see the doctor so they go searching for a pearl and they find it. A pearl of the world. I will give tow stars to this book because the end is sad. I will not recommend it. Because it is too sad. The pearl doesn¡¦t bring happiness it brings evil. If you want to know the end. Why don't you read this book?

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Summary: the beautiful pearl
Review: This story is about a family that lived in a town in the north of Mexico. There were three members Kino, Juana and Coyotito. They are very poor and in the story Coyotito got stung by scorpion. Kino was worried and he went to the doctor, but they are denied, because the doctor wanted money but Kino just had some pearls. That wasn't enough for the doctor. Kino decided to look for a more beatiful. Then he found a big pearl. Since that day, his family changed. Kino doesn't stay conformed with the price offer of the dealers and decided to go to the city searching for a better price. That part in my opinion is the most important because Kino and his family fight for what they wanted in a big adventure. This book teaches us not to be too ambitious because it could be bad like what happened with Kino and his family.

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Summary: great story!
Review: THE PEARL IS AN EXTRAORDINARY BOOK WRITTEN BY JOHN STEINBECK. THE MAIN CHARACTERS ARE KINO,JUANA,AND THEIR BABY COYOTITO.THIS BOOK IS ABOUT A POOR FISHERMAN WHO LIVES IN A BRUSH HOUSE IN BAJA CALIFORNIA. ONE DAY HIS SON GOT STUNG BY A SCORPION. HE DOESN'T HAVE MONEY TO PAY THE DOCTOR SO,HE STARTED SEARCHING FOR THE PEARL. THEN HE FINDS THE GREAT PEARL.THIS GREAT PEARL SHOULD BRING HAPPINESS TO KINO AND HIS FAMILY. BUT WE SEE THIS GREAT PEARL BRINGS EVIL AND SADNESS. YOU SHOULD READ THE PEARL TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

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Summary: Under the Waves
Review: Excitement and danger are just some of the things included in The Pearl. It takes place in a tropical island and was written by John Steinbeck in the 1930's. It is about a poor fisherman named Kino who finds a wonderful pearl. This pearl brings hopes of a better life for Kino his wife Juana and his baby Coyotito. The Pearl also brings forth danger... Some reasons why you might like this book are... It's thrilling! The danger and conflicts on every page make you want to keep reading to find out how they are resolved. It's extremely emotional because of the grim and heartbreaking decisions that Kino has to make. It is also emotional because of the emotions Kino is feeling. These are some reasons why you might like this book. A reason why you might not like this book is how Kino expresses his feelings through songs in his head. (ex. The song of evil, the song of the family, the song of the pearl) But that's not a big enough reason not to read this book. The songs, though annoying, give Kino a unique personality. That's why you should read The Pearl.

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Summary: AMAZING!!!
Review: I read The Pearl and it is a great novel! Steinbeck can be boring to read if you rush through it, but if you really analyze it, and really think, you will get a lot out of this book. The symbolism is really strong in this book! It is also really really realistic since Steinbeck never writes a novel without fully experiencing the events he writes about. You have to read The Pearl, it's amazing!!

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Summary: A Variant On A Tale That¿s Eternally Valid
Review: Referring to this novella, as a variant is in no way meant to detract from the work, or suggest that it is lacking in originality. The two other works Steinbeck's book "The Pearl" is sometimes linked to, add to the reading experience, and reinforce the transcendence of its message.

"The Pearl Of Great Price" from a parable in the Gospel of Matthew, attempts to teach with the same jewel from the sea. Mr. Steinbeck was also a great reader of medieval texts, and one of these morality plays was in the form of a poem written in the 14th Century, entitled "Pearl" although the Author is unknown. These three works are separated by millennia, but their commentary on the human condition is consistent.

Mr. Steinbeck wrote this after his triumph "The Grapes Of Wrath". The work was a monumental bestseller, it brought The Pulitzer Prize to the Author, and was rapidly made into a movie that is a classic in it's own right. Superficially one could argue Mr. Steinbeck achieved all that a writer might conceivably want, fame, fortune, and critical recognition.

Unfortunately, like his work, often when you feel something good is about to happen, a positive change for his characters that have struggled, and fought to survive, he slams you face down on bedrock's reality. The acclaim for his work brought him great discomfort as well. He was labeled a socialist, a communist, an agitator, and became the focus of FBI attention, and not because they liked his book. He viewed and detested the treatment the racism toward Mexicans in Southern California, and witnessed the so-called "Zoot Suit Riots" that resulted.

"The Pearl" might be called the lottery if it was written today. The ticket that vaults a person from the troubles of day-to-day life, and is thought to leave them "set for life" all too often is a quick financial ride up and a crash back down.

Sudden wealth when thrust upon a person, changes the person, and everyone around them. All their reference points, their friends, and all that their lives have not prepared them for, surround, threaten, and many times destroy them.

This book is very brief, but it communicates as much as a novel 10 times its length. The ending is brilliant, tragic, and redemptive. It is a story that few could write, and even fewer could make work. The emotional scenes he brings the reader to are at times almost violent in there reading. And then with a turn of phrase he can change the mood time and time again.

A wonderful novella from an Author known for sweeping sagas.