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Summary: Review of The Pearl
Review: As you all know, this book is about a pearl. I think that The Pearl was a good book to read. One bad part about this book is that is isn't very long since it has six chapters and it's only ninety pages long. The book has a few things that I didn't like about it. One part that I didn't like was sad and disgusting. I'm not going to tell you what I mean. You'll just have to see for yourself. One thing that I liked about this book, is that it has action. The book also has murdering in it. There are many characters in this book.
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Summary: A review by Ari
Review: I think that this book is very short. It's only 6 chapters long and the first 2 chapters were horrible, uneventful and completely boring. From then on, it was okay, until the last chapter, which was truly amazing and very eventful. The last chapter was also quite disgusting. I think that the book needed more dialogue.
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Summary: Too Much Like Real Life (not always interesting...)
Review: The Pearl was an O.K. book. I thought that it had a few exciting scenes but a lot of it was fairly dull. One of the main reasons I did not like it was because it was too realistic. What I mean by this is that not everything in life is interesting. John Steinback may have wanted the book to be like that, but books that have such little dialogue and suspense do not fit into the category of books I like. Although it is boring in parts, The Pearl does have some lines that will stick in your mind when you finish reading. For instance one of the quotes from the book that I seem to remember is "He hissed at her like a snake." I like this simile because it really gives you an idea of how it would feel like to be Juana (the wife) seeing Kino (the man who found the pearl) standing over you. Altogether The Pearl is a book that people would read for a quick story or an assignment.
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Summary: The Pearl of the World
Review: I think that this is a great book, but not one of Steinbeck's absolute best ones. It is a short story. It is only six chapters long. The plot is exciting but you can probably guess what will happen at the end.
Steinbeck says that it is a Mexican folk tale. The story takes place in La Paz, Mexico in the early 1900s. The main character is Kino, a poor pearl diver. All of his family before him had been pearl divers, too. He tries to make a living for his wife Juana, and their baby Coyotito by selling the pearls he finds.
Early in the book, Coyotito gets bitten by a scorpion. To keep the poison from spreading, Kino and Juana go to the doctor. He will not treat their baby. He calls Kino a 'Indian boy'. Kino returns home, rejected.
Later that day, Kino goes out to sea to dive for pearls. After he returns to the surface, he has a huge clam. He sees something sparkling inside. He opens the clam and inside is a pearl 'as perfect as the moon and as round as a seagull's egg'.
The pearl brings much luck. Both bad luck and good luck. The pearl brings fortune and misfortune. Many things happen to Kino, Juana and Coyotito when they have 'the pearl of the world'. I recommend this book to young readers, like myself. I thank my teacher Adam for making the class read this book and for making me write this review.
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Summary: The Pearl
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The Pearl is an amazing piece of literature but the plot is rather dull. If you are looking for exciting action this book is not for you. On the other hand, if you are looking for a magnificent writing this book is perfect.
Kino, his wife Juana and their baby son Coyotito live in Mexico. To survive, Kino works as a pearl diver along with several others from his village. Every day, he paddles out in his canoe and dives for pearls. Things were the same day after day until, one day, when Kino discovered The Pearl of the World.
The Pearl was perfect, as large as an eagle egg and perfectly round. No one, especially Kino, suspected how much evil the pearl would bring.
Problem after problem befalls Kino until he and Juana are forced to flee. They head for the capital and are followed by trackers. The ending is truly spectacular and somewhat unexpected.
I recommend this book for people who are looking for amazing writing, but if you're seeking the plot this book is not the best. Feel free to read The Pearl though for me I've read better books by John Steinbeck
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Summary: pearl
Review: i found the pearl quite dull yet sometimes ok. there was not much dialouge and the characters didnt evolve. if it was longer maybe this could happen. so in my opinion this was a bad book but it was not terrible. I do not like the style of John Steinbeck and thought that this book could be more eventful. the one thing I did enjoy about the pearl is its descriptive detail.
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Summary: A very suspenseful novel
Review: I have ready a variety of books over the years, and I think I will always remember this one for its suspense. I didn't really enjoy the story itself, yet the anticipation Steinbeck creates in it is excellent, therefore making it a pretty good novel.
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Summary: Steinbeck's Pearl
Review: John Steinbeck's short novel "The Pearl" (1947) is unusual in that the book appeared after Steinbeck wrote a screenplay for a film of the same name. The film was released to coincide with the publication of the book. The novel is short, deceptively simple, and deservedly famous. It is based upon a Mexican folk tale and tells the story of a poor family who become, potentially, wealthy by the discovery of a pearl of rare size and beauty. This sudden wealth does not result in happiness.Steinbeck sets the stage with a short, two-paragraph preface introducing the main characters: "Kino, the fisherman, .. his wife, Juana, and ... the baby, Coyotito." Steinbeck describes the story as "a parable" in which, "perhaps everyone takes his own meaning from it and reads his own life into it." Kino, Juana and Coyotito are poor and and live in a simple thatched house. The baby is bitten by a scorpion and Kino and Juana become concerned for his life but have no money to pay a doctor. Kino miraculously finds a pearl of great worth and the couple dream of a better life. But from the outset, the pearl provokes jealousy and violence and leads to great unhappiness for the little family. I was moved by the figures of song and music that appear throughout the story. We are told at the beginning that Kino's people "had been great makers of songs so that everything they saw or thought or did or heard became a song." Kino hears in his heart various songs throughout his book, the most important of which is the "Song of the Family" or the "Whole" which celebrates his life with his wife and baby. Other songs that figure prominently include the "Song of Evil", the "Song of the Sea" and the "Song of the Pearl". It is interesting to follow the song imagery as the story progresses. The other part of this story that most struck me were the scenes of nature -- of the water and mountains. There is a theme of wandering that comes through poignantly in the last part of the book in which the family struggles through mountains and valleys in an attempt to evade stalkers who are pursing them for the pearl. This last portion of the book includes much moving writing. Many people read this book as part of an intoduction to American literature in high school or college. The book is accessible and short and is a highly appropriate way to get to know a major 20th Century American novelist. Still, I remember how easy it is to dislike a book forced upon a reader when young. In my own case, I did not read this book in school (I read other Steinbeck) and only came upon it recently too many years later. In any event, it is a short and beautiful story that glows with the many colors and ambiguities as did the pearl which Kino discovered and which inspired the book. This is a lovely work of American literature which the reader will enjoy getting to know.
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Summary: hated it
Review: This book was the worst book I have ever read. It was depressing, boring, and SO uneventful. I can't belive that my English teacher made our class read a piece of **** like this and I can't believe she didn't find it boring. So unless teachers want to torture their students there is no reason why this book should EVER be read.
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Summary: The Pearl
Review: I Didn't Like This Book At All It Is Very Boring Such As I Don't Know Univentful Or Something Close To It Disliked It With A Passion. Do not Recommand
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