The Pearl Essay, Research Paper

the pearl

by john steinback

The novella The Pearl is a story about greed , corruption, and good against evil.

The story starts out with a poor indian pearl diver named Kino, who lives on the Baja penninsula

. He lives with his wife Jauna and there son Coyotito. they live a simple life until coyotito is stung by

a scorpion. Kino takes the baby to the rich doctor who will not treat him because they are

poor. So Kino gets into his boat to find a pearl. He finds a pearl “the size of a seagull egg”

, and they think there trouble is over.

conclusion:

Kino and Jauna ultimatly have to go to the capital to trade their pearl in. Some trackers follow

them to get the pearl. What insues is a chase through the mountains ending up with the death

of Coyotito. Finally , they come back home and destroy the pearl forever.

thoughts:

this book has a good message about greed and humans. It tells us it is human nature to want

what someone else has.