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Summary: Alot of lessons to be learned
Review: I had to read this book for my school and i thought it was a quite boring book at the very beginning but at the end it got more and more interesting to me!! Do not just drop this book at the very beginning because it is best in the end.
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Summary: An indian finds a pearl and his life becomes a nightmare.
Review: The Pearl is a good book of tragedy and sorrow. It is about a indian named Kino and his family. Kino's son is stung by a scorpian. Because of how the town docter feels towards the Kino's people, he does not treat the boy. So, in a effort to find a pearl that will be worth enough for the docter to treat his son, Kino finds the the biggest pearl. Even though Kino thinks it's his answer to all of his problems, but it turns out to be a nightmare. He loses his house in a fire because someone wants the pearl. Also he is forced to beat his wife when she tries to get rid of it. And when Kino's family is fleeing from town to sell it, they are tracked down. At night, he and his family hide in a cave. The trackers get near the cave to sleep for the night, and Kino attacks one of the trackers and grabs his rifle. He then sees his son's eyes and thinks it is the other tracker. He ends up shooting his own son.
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Summary: I thought that the Pearl was a very interrestong book!!!
Review: The pearl was a timeless novel of love, greedenss, and hatreded. I thoght that the pearl was somthing that you can learn a TONS of things from!!!! I was told to read this book but then when I started to read it,it got very intresting!!!I recommend this book to a lot of people!!
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Summary: Hard to understand, but interesting
Review: I liked this book becuase it was interesting and a challenge to read. This book tought many morals and lessons valuable in everyday life. I encourage more people to read this book.
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Summary: This "book" was an excellant example of how man is weak
Review: IT WAS GOOD...and fun to red
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Summary: Oh god, one can not begin to describe how dull this book was
Review: Ok, here's the deal with The Pearl, it's AWFUL. Like many of my fellow "Pearl Haters" I was forced to read it by school and was ready to shoot myself by page 20. Although the book is very short it seems to go on forever because every word must be read to gain the messages of the book. This book was lifeless, dull and all in all pretty stupid.
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Summary: Not the type of book a "NORMAL" person enjoys
Review: I, like many other teens have been forced to read this book by my English teacher. This book used the word "and" so many times that I nearly went insane! Not only that, but the vagueness and completely off the point story-line makes it impossible to get really into the book. Although I must say that the one highlight was the very end because it was surpsising and for once actually interesting, although it should've been more detailed. I would recommend this to only the type of people who enjoy reading a book for the descriptions.
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Summary: "The Pearl" - A Portrait Painted With Words
Review: I just finished this novel. I loved the way Steinbeck uses the English language. Like an artist, he uses a wide variety of "colors" to paint a complex and detailed picture: "The stars still shone and the day had drawn only a pale wash of light in the lower sky to the east." I particularly enjoyed the way the author made inanimate objects come alive. For example, in chapter 3, he describes the town as having "a nervous system and a head and shoulders and feet." Like energy flowing through the body, the reader see how news travels through the town. I also liked how Steinbeck used the townspeople, acting much the way Greek chorus'do in ancient Greek plays, being the outside narrator/observer. All in all, an excellent book. Buy it and enjoy!
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Summary: About a pearl diver who finds a great pearl
Review: The Pearl is a book filled with deceit, action, and drama. The book revolves around a very large pearl that was found by a very poor pearl diver. His son gets killed, his house gets burned down, and his boat damaged. This book overall was not great at all to just pick up and read. Although it was great for a highschool like myself who needed a short book to read for a report.
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Summary: dull and boring
Review: I am in grade nine and was literally forced to read this book by my English teacher. It was dull, boring, and too wordy. It has several run-on sentences for an appraised author, and it shouldn't be considered a book for a student who is supposed to be learning NOT to be using run- on sentences to read. It does have a shocking, unexpected ending, but don't choose to read this book- only read it if you have to.
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