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Summary: a sad excuse for a steinbeck book
Review: I just finished Steinbeck's the Pearl. Needless to say, I was sorely disappointed. I dearly beg that any who read it do not judge Steinbeck's writing ability by it. The only way to describe that thing is lame, lame, lame. Many have claimed it to be as good as Of Mice and Men, but how it is even comparable is beyond my mental capacity. This story was a required reading for my Sophomore English class, and it definitely turned off quite a few of the students to Steinbeck's writing. It lacked his flourish with detail and his wonderful analyses of the human psyche. If you want to read something short by Steinbeck, I would recommend Of Mice and Men. His stuff is a little bit deep, so don't bother if you just want a casual read. For those who wish to spend more time, I HIGHLY recommend The Grapes of Wrath. It is an awesome book, prolly one of my favorites at the moment, but it is rather long.
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Summary: The Storyteller
Review: For some odd and inexplicable reason, when authors who are already famous and loved write simple folk tales, high school students are assigned to read their tiny, 90 page books. Hemingway, The Old Man and the Sea ... Steinbeck, The Pearl. Are these novels REALLY that good, or are they just read because these are names we are already familiar with?The sparse dialog and simple syntax goes along with the folk story context, and in that aspect it was written correctly, but it's not any kind of brilliant and eye opening literary piece ... almost anybody could have written this. This books gets only three stars: it's a simple story read only because we all know Steinbeck for his other works, and it's thinner than a waffle and still costs eight dollars!, (undoubtedly just because this is Steinbeck).
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Summary: The review on the Pearl
Review: Based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love. Kino and his wife, Juana, are a family that live in a poor village by the sea. The men in the village dive for pearls and live off the sea for their means of support. Kino and his wife live in a brush hut with dirt floors. They have to use fire as a source of light inside their hut. They don't have beds, instead they sleep on mats made out of straw, and for food they eat corn cakes and beans. Their baby sleeps in a box that hangs from the ceiling. Kino's dream, like all the other pearl divers in the village, is to find the ultimate pearl. Then on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg. Kino thought his life would change in a good way after he found the big pearl. He thought he would get good luck and money for the rest of his life.
I can relate to Juana in this story because I had a lucky penny that was good luck for a little while. I used to play this game with my friend when I was little. I would always take the penny with me when I would play the game because it helped me win. Then one day it started to bring me bad luck because I started losing all the games we played that day. Juana sees that the pearl is bad luck and knows that they need to put it back into the sea.
I liked The Pearl because it has a lot of detail on how they lived and how the huts were made. It is a good book and also has a good moral and lesson. It kept me wondering what was going to happen next. The author did a good job describing Kino and Juana and how their life style was. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes adventure.
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Summary: The Pearl by John Steinbeck
Review: Reading the book was interesting because it showed me how a fisherman's family lived. They had not much but they had enough to live on. It was quite shocking for me to find out that so many people were killed just for a pearl. It showed that people in general are greedy and jealous of those who possess more than they do. I enjoyed to reading the book even though the ending was tragic.
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Summary: Review on The Pearl
Review: The Pearl by John Steinbeck, is about a poor fisherman named Kino, who finds a pearl at the bottom of the ocean. Happy at his good fortune Kino hopes to give his son a chance at life. Thinking the pearl will bring him good wealth Kino tries to sell the pearl, but gets greedy and wouldn't take the low offers. They flee to the capital, and are being followed by three men. As Kino was about to attack them, Coyotito, his son cries out, one of the men shoots at the direction of the cry. Kino kills them all, but as he returns to his wife he sees that his son was shot and killed. In the end Kino learns that wealth and greed do not mix.
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Summary: The Pearl
Review: The Pearl is about a family that is very poor. Their son gets stung by a scorpian and they try to get money so they can save their son. They try to sell the pearl in town but all of the pearl buyers say that it is fake. Somebody attacks Kino the main character and he kills the person that tries to kill him. So they are now on the run trying to get away from the friends of the man who he had killed. He kills another man to get a rifle and to protect his family with. They realize that the pearl is bringing them alot of evil. They go home and try and start their life over, and they decide to throw the pearl back into the ocean where they once found it.
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Summary: The Evil Of Greediness
Review: I'm E6LMMQ!
The main characters of the book The Pearl by John Steinbeck were Kino, his wife Juana and their son Coyotito. they are a poor family that lives near a town named Lapaz in Baja,California. The town's name Lapaz mean peace but, it was not peaceful because the people who live there were controlled by the evil of greediness, all this evil began when Kino's son Coyotito was bitten by a scorpion. So Kino started to find "the pearl of the world" to pay the doctor. Later on he was so lucky that found "the pearl of the world" and he thought that the pearl will bring his family a better future and life. But, when the people in town knew that, they got greedy and evil trying to get the pearl from Kino. Kino's family was started to have problems and troubles, So will kino's family have a better future and life? Will greedy people get the pearl from Kino? read it if you want to know what will happen later on.
I recommend this book because it made me know that wanting a thing too much will cause troubles to myself and I will be control by the evil greediness. You will have a normal life that if the thing you want belongs to you. It will going to be yours. I think I learned a lot from this book so I will give it 5 stars!
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Summary: How ambition and envy lead us to death and unhappyness
Review: I like this book because it teaches us that not every valuable thing can make you happy. this book talks about a pearl found by a pearl diver name kino, this story shows how right after kino found the pearl he became more ambitions, things that before he didnt mind now he is planning to buy, and reactions that before he use to avoid no he realize. Kino became very animalistic and a perpetrator he killed a thif that was trying to still his pearl and also his only son died because of this pearl. materialistic thing are not always quite what we need to be happy not becaus you have money doesnt mean you have everything. Money brings ambitiousness and envy between you and people whom you thought were good people. I like this book because it thought me that not everything in life is money , you could be so poor but if you have the love of your family and friends you dont need anything else
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Summary: "The Pearl"
Review: In a place near Baja California, lived a man named Kino. He was a fisher man. He has a wife and son. One day, his son was bitten by a scorpion and they went to the doctor, but the doctor wouldn't help him because he too poor to afford the bills. He only had some pearls that were turning gray. Then one day, he went to the ocean with his canoe and he went into the water. Then suddenly he saw something shiney and that was an oyster and inside of it laid a big pearl, "After that day everyone in their town knew about Kino's pearl, and even the doctor knew about it" Will the doctor help him or will he help him just to get his pearl? Now the journey of the pearl begins.
I like this book because this book has so many mysteries. I will recommend this book to the people who like mysteries. I give the book 5 stars, because I think everyone will like it. I learn that, if you want something very much, it won't come true.
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Summary: The great pearl
Review: The Pearl by Jonh Steinbeck , "a story of classic simplcity" is based on a poor fisherman Kino. The novel take place in Baja California, Mexico in a small towm named La Paz.
One day his son coyotito get sick by a scorpion sying . He needed money to cure Coyotito. In the desperation to find a good pearl , Kino found "the pearl of the world " . With this pearl he could have that chance of a better future. The pearl was "as large as a sea gull egg" ,"as perfect as the mon ".It was the perfect pearl that everyone could see in all thier lives. The noticed that Kino found the best pearl spread through the small towm . Everyone started to be greedy and corrupt. His wife Juana told him to throw the pearl back into the sea , because it was evil .
Will the pearl destroy Kino or give him money, wealth and happiness ?
Will kino throw the pearl back into the sea ? I recommend this novel , because gives information " of secrets of man`s nature , the danest depths of evil , and the luinous possibilities of loves". It is a really interting book because it has a lot of similes and metaphors . The pearl shows you how much greed a person can have .
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