What would you do if you found, what you thought, was the greatest pearl in the world, but the table turns and you find yourself in grave danger. John Steinbeck wrote a book, “The pearl”. In the book the character, Kino, finds a pearl, the greatest pearl in the world. Throughout the story Kino and his family go through tough times but nothing compared to what Kino sees in the pearl. Money can bring out the greediness in others.
Even though, the pearl is told to be a symbol of dreams and opportunity. This pearl brings a different kind of story for Kino and Juana. “Then to the lovely gray surface of the pearl came the little things Kino wanted: a harpoon to take place of one lost a year ago…. His lips moved hesitantly over this-”a rifle”, he said, “perhaps a rifle”(Steinbeck 25). My quote explains the way the pearl made Kino feel and the things he wanted from it.
“Kino looked at his neighbors fiercely. “My son will go to school”, he said, and the neighbors will be hushed”(Steinbeck 25). Kino is explaining to his neighbors what he expects out of the pearl. He wants Coyotito to go to school to learn an education.…show more content… “I had not heard of it. Do you keep this pearl in a safe place? Perhaps you would like me to put it in my safe”(Steinbeck 35). This also explains how the doctor wanted money from the pearl. He was going to try and steal it. “And then Kino’s brain cleared from its red concentration and he knew the sound- the keening, moaning, rising hysterical cry from the cave in the side of stone mountain, the cry of death”(Steinbeck 87). While trying to save his family from the trackers coyotito started to cry and the trackers thought that it was a coyote crying, so they shot at it hitting and killing the baby. These trackers only want the money from the
