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Summary: The evil town
Review: "The Pearl". Is a novella by John Steinbeck that takes place in Baja California, mexico, in a littel town name La Paz. Kino, the main character, is a poor fisherman like everyoen in the town. Everyone was happy in the town but the odyssey started when Kino fownd a pearl. A pearl that promes a better life for kino and his family. But as Kino fownd this pearl everyone in the town become greedy and evil, everyone in the town wanted a piece of the pearl. The only solution for Kino was to sell the pearl. Will Kino sell the pearl and finally give a better life to his familly or will Kino and his familly get destroyed from the greedines and evil of the town?
As an ESL student i like this book because it is very short and easy to read. Also this book can teach you some morals. Ilearned from this book that "it is not good to want something too much". I guarantee you will like this book if you read it
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Summary: The Evil Pearl
Review: The Pearl by John Steinbeck is a short novel that takes place in Baja California, Mexico in a little town called La Paz.Kino found "The greatest pearl in the world" to cure his littler son Coyotito who was stung by a scorpion. Kino's wife Juana wanted Kino to sell the pearl to get money and to cure their baby. When everybody in the town knew that Kino found a pearl people from the town got greedy, corrupt and there was no peace in the littler town. Juana wanted Kino to throw the pearl back to the sea.
Did Coyotito get cure?
Did Kino sell the pearl or did they throw it back to the sea?
Read the book and find out.As an ESL student I give this book 3 star and recommend it.
The Pearl is an easy book to read because it has many similes, metaphor and is easy to understand.
Also I leaned that money change people no matter what need You have.
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Summary: A TOWN'S GREED
Review: This book "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck is a story about a family of three that live in poverty but they have thier morals to live by. On one tragic day Kino and Juana's son Coyotito got stung by a scorpion. For them to be able to pay a doctor for a cure, Kino and his wife Juana went in search of a pearl. After they found what was said to be "The greates pearl of the world" every one in town wanted part of it. So greed aroused in La Paz. Kino's family was attacked and tricked. Accidents,murder,rage and drama happend throughout the book. I gave this book two stars, because this book I would say is for bigginer readers or for a younger audience. It was an interesting novela. If you're a person who doesn't read much you might find it very juicy and full of suspense.
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Summary: The Pearl
Review: I liked this book because It took me to a different part of the world and saw what the third world is like for people to have money but have something very valuable. And it was an easy read type of book. I liked how the author made the characters real and I was able to relate to how the characters felt when they where rejected from the doctors because the other person had more money then they did and were not really sickness.
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Summary: The Great Pearl
Review: Kino and his family live in Baja California in a place call Lapaz.That was an ironic place, because after kino found a big pearl, that made the peaple in the town turn greedy, not peaceful as before. how can kino find a pearl like that? That was because of coyotito his son. he got stung by a scorpion, so kino really needed money to heal coyotito. Then he started to look for a pearl. I don't know if hr was lucky or if god was helping him. He found the "greatest pearl in the world", shiny like a moom, kino thought this pearl will bring him wealth and a better future, but when this great news passed to the neighbor's ears people turned greedy and they also tried to steel the pearl. His wife Juana thought this pearl is evil "like a sin" she thought the pearl will destory her family.
Will kino sell it for a good price or as Juana's feeling ,will the pearl destory them? If you are instrested and want to find out what happened please read the book named "The Pearl"
I like this book because the book was intresting, and it taught me not to be greedy. If you are greedy at the end you will pay more than you get, so i give this book four stars.
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Summary: Luck or Evil
Review: the pearl by John Steinbeck took place in a small village in Baja California, Mexico. A fisherman lived wiht his wife Juana and his son Coyotito in this small village La Paz. The towns people called him Kino. One day, Kino heard the song of evil because his son got bitten by the scorpon. He needed money to pay the doctor. So, he tried to find the pearl. The news of kino's great find spread through the down. Kino found the pearl of the world. Then what happened to his family? How does this pearl influence their future? Can this pearl really help his family to solve their porblem? You will only find out
if you read this book.
I love this book. The book is great as well. It is easy to read and I learned a lot of words. And also in this book I learned something. Sometimes you have no choice, like feeling trapped. But you must face the problem. Then you would be grown up. I think you would like this book if you read it.
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Summary: The life of a poor fisherman.
Review: "The Pearl",is the story of a poor fisherman named Kino who decided to look for a pearl after his son coyotito got sick.When Kino and his wife Juana found "The great pearl of the world" most of the people in the town begon to be jeleaus about him.It is ironic because the name of the town is La Paz and after they found the pearl a lot of conflicts started to happen there.Read the book and find out how this pearl changed Kino's life and the life of the people around him. I totally recommend this book because it shows how money can change people's personalities and how ambicious a person could be,just because of money.I think this book is also very interesting,exited and capture the readers attention.Beside,it is also good as a material work for school.
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Summary: Pearl of the World
Review: Kino and his wife Juana are a young couple living in a village with their baby Coyotito. With little money and a straw hut, the make the best out of life and don't complain. What Kino and Juana do not know is that there life will never be as simple for long.
Kino is a pearl diver like his fahter an grandfather. After the town doctor refuses to help Coyotito who gets stung by a scorpion, Kino gets determined. With Juana and Coyotito in the Cannoo, kino dives down just as he has done many times before. When Kino surfaces, he holds a clam in his hand. As he pry's it open a pearl "the size of a seagulls egg," appears.
with the pearl, Kino can buy everything he has ever dreamed of. A nice wedding, a gun, new clothes, and Coyotito can learn how to read. However, things never work out how they are planned. Juana is unsure about the pearl. She thinks Kino should throw it back. Kino is greedy and wants to keep the pearl. He does not know how much trouble it will get him into.
The pearl is a struggle of Kino, his pearl, his family, and the people trying to kill him. The author uses much symbolism. This helps enhance the story and makes it a fun and easy read. The author creates the feeling of panic. Once Kino and his wife are on the run, Kino begins to wonder if he really wants the pearl and what will be best for his family.
The setting in the pearl is described in detail. It takes place in Kino's dry dusty village. Kino lives in a small hut barely big enough for him and Juana. The author takes time to describe the setting which paints a picture in the readers mind. Because of this, a reader will feel conected to the story and have the illusion that he/she has been there before.
The theme is classic. It is a stuggle of person vs. self. Kino becomes so greedy that even when the pearl begins to ruin his life, he will not give it up. This goes to show that money means nothing if you don't have happiness. When kino becomes greedy, Juana becomes more and more dissapointed. Kino says that the pearl is a part of his soul and that losing the pearl will be losing a part of his soul. Will Kino give up the pearl for the good of his family? What will happen to the Pearl of the World?
The Pearl is a dramatic and exciting book and will capture the readers attention from the very begining. It hooks a reader with its plot and setting and then drags them along with its action and drama. A must read for anyone who wants fast pace book that is exciting and fun, yet teaches a good lesson as well.
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Summary: The Pearl
Review: The book The Pearl is about a guy name Kino. He is a pearl diver that lives in Mexico. He is poor and barely makes enough money to survive. He has daughter son named Coyotito. She was a young and healthy baby and was by the way very young. Even though Kino was a pearl diver he didn¡¯t make much cause he didn¡¯t know how to do business.
I liked this book cause of the moral of the story. This book was very interesting it told us that money or goods isn¡¯t everything to life. One of the things they said was ¡°You will die from greed¡±. And another quote is ¡°You will die trying¡±. This meant that it will take over you and destroy you from the inside d I also had some dislikes from this book.
There weren¡¯t really that many things I disliked from this book. The only thing I didn¡¯t really like was of how short the story was. It didn¡¯t give enough details about how everything happened. There wasn¡¯t enough action in this book either. The only action was kind of at the end of the book. And that was the saddest part of the book.
My favorite part of the book is at end. It is when Kino throws the pearl out into the ocean. He figures out that the pearl has taken control of him. He was the greediest guy in the world. So he just chucks the big pearl into the water. So that¡¯s how it ends.
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Summary: The Dive
Review: John Steinbeck, is the author of an excellent book, The Pearl, a book that had many lessons. There was a pearl diver named Kino who was very poor. He had a fiancé named Juana. One day, Kino went to do his daily diving and when he did he found a huge pearl. However, he did not know that it would later kill his son and bring him a lot of bad luck. He went to the city to sell the pearl, but nobody would buy it for they thought no pearl could be that big. They all thought that the pearl was fake. Then they wanted to kill Kino and his wife Juana. Later they had a son named Coyotito, however when they were running away, he got shot in the head by a searcher when he randomly shot his rifle it shot the little baby's head. Then Kino went back to his village and threw away his pearl. Then the music of the pearl and bad luck died down and disappeared.
I liked this book because you never know what is going to happen. Also this family has trust in each other including the baby and they sacrifice their lives for each other. The little baby got shot instead of Juana. "I am afraid that only my baby will cry. You must see that he must not cry. He will not cry, and she raised her face to the baby's face. He knows, Juana said." Both of them even trust the little one year old.
"And the pearl settled into the lovely green water and dropped to the bottom. A crab scampering over the bottom raised a little cloud of sand, and when it settled the pearl was gone. And the music of the pearl drifted to a whisper and disappeared." After the pearl was tossed the bad luck disappeared and never came back to them. I think this book tells that looks can be deceiving. I really enjoyed reading this book.
My favorite part of the book was when Kino dove and found the gigantic pearl and him and Juana were discussing how they would get married in a church and their new son would go to a great school and be smart. My least favorite part was when Coyotito, the little baby, got shot in the head and sort of saved his mom. This was a great book.
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