The Pearl

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Summary: Pleasing to the mind and soul
Review: Steinbeck is one of my favorite authors.The characters are simple as is their life before the finding of the Pearl.They have true happiness and serenity. It goes to show you don't know what you've got till it's gone. Being from CA I can always relate to Steinbeck's stories.

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Summary: Wonderful lesson to be learned!!!
Review: The Pearl is a capturing tale. It shows how good things aren't always good and how they can bring bad things into one's life. Kino killed for the safety of the pearl. This book shows how evil arose in a man by a simple thing of value and beauty. Money doesn't buy happiness, health or love, we have all been told this and The Pearl is a perfect example of this. Everything has a price and Kino learned that that price was high. And he learned that price cost him alot.

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Summary: One of Steinbeck's simpiler works
Review: This book was well written and very imgonative, but the writting was very simple. It wasen't very challenging but the moral of the story was a good one. It really made you think about the human personality. Our fears and desires.

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Summary: Powerful tale in a beautifully written novella.
Review: I believe The Pearl encapsulates Steinbeck's strengths in its short but rich pages. The structure is remarkably strong in that it delivers compelling characters and events in its condensed space. The symbolism is ever present and, having read this book many times, ever revealing. Steinbeck weaves man and animal, hunter and prey into a suspenseful morality tale. As an author his works were significant in social commentary, particularly in championing the common man while lamenting his lot in a frenzied, materialistic world. The main characters in The Pearl are similarly portrayed and, despite the miles and time apart from them, I feel very conected to their struggle to balance what is good and pure in love and family with what is desired and sought after, sometimes mistakenly in their name.

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Summary: Good moral, but couldn't relate to the book.
Review: I liked the book but not that much. There was a good moral. I couldn't relate to the book so it made it harder to understand. I give The Pearl 2 out of 5 stars.

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Summary: Recommended for younger readers.
Review: I didn't like the book that much, it seemed like it was for younger children. I think that if I had read it in 4th or 5th grade I would have enjoyed it more. I would recommend it to younger children. I give The Pearl two stars.

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Summary: Valuable lessons, but doesn't pull the reader in.
Review: The Pearl was a tale that taught valuable lessons, however, it did not pull me in to the story, as if I were sitting with the characters.

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Summary: Symbolic tale of good and evil is well-written.
Review: The Pearl is a well written novel that was brought to us by the wonderful author John Steinbeck. It shows a lot of symbolizm and can be interpreted in many ways and meanings. It shows how the forces of good and evil can fight against each other and take over ones soul changing it for the better or worse. I the story you will meet many characters and learn what decisions they make during tough times.

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Summary: Hi, I am Chris and I think The Pearl was a great book
Review: Hi, Im Chris and I think The Pearl was a great book to read. I am not a good reader but I still think it was great. It was a action packed book with great characters.I read The Pearl in Archbishop Ryan High School, I am a ninth grader and my teacher told me if I read this book I will never read another book in my life but i told her i wanted to so i did. I now want to read more but i can't because of school and sports. I just wanted to say I loved The Pearl.

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Summary: A fairly good book w/ both good features and mediocre parts
Review: The Pearl is a pretty good book which is well written and is very descriptive. John Steinbeck has better books, but this one isn't to bad. The plot of finding a gigantic pearl and trying to get the best price for it is a good setting. The book shows how some people are taken advantage of, and how far people will go to get what they want. Overall, it's a fairly good book.