The Pearl By John Steinbeck Summary

THE PEARL It is thought that money and wealth always brings happiness, and in many cases this is true. You can buy almost anything with it, pay off your taxes on time, and in some situations even alter the law. Now, let’s say you couldn’t pay for the hospital bill for your dying infant, and you needed the money quickly but your job didn’t pay enough. Now let’s say an inanimate object worth millions of dollars showed up right in front of you, you would probably take it and keep it. In the short story “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck, That is exactly what kino and his family did when the “Pearl of the world” showed up in a clam they had found. It was the early 20th century …show more content…
Take this line for example, “The doctor” She said. “Go to the doctor,” Notice the fact that not only is it concise, but how she also repeats the same idea twice. This shows a few things. It shows how scared Juana is, and how she can’t think straight, and it also shows how she is certain that they must go to the doctor’s, as if she would never take no for an answer. Not only does this type of writing add to the suspense level, but it also helps form a story line, it indicates that the family is most likely going to the doctor’s next.

John also uses many descriptive adjectives throughout the story. He uses them for many reasons, including adding suspense, showing the true pain, or glory of a situation, to sum things up, etcetera. For instance, for instance in the line, “Behind him Juana’s fire leaped into flame and threw spears of light through the chinks of the brush-house wall and threw a wavering square of light out the door.” He uses an obsessive amount of adjectives.
A logical explanation for this is that John is trying to make the story seem more ethnic and spanish. It is written in a spanish-like