In both the novella The Pearl, by John Steinbeck, and Eminem's ¨Rap God,¨ Kino’s character since he found the pearl, a powerful and changed person, is shown. In Rap God” this is shown when Eminem raps “I know the haters are forever waiting/For the day they can say I fell off they'd be celebrating” (Eminem). This is the same as Kino, who is powerful with the pearl, and with the “haters” representing the townspeople, they want him to fall off or die so they can celebrate and take the pearl (Eminem). This also shows that with the pearl he is a threat to them and has power over them. This is shown in the The Pearl when Juana, his loving wife, takes the pearl and tries to throw it away because she thinks it can only bring evil, and when Kino catches
