The Pearl Can wealth be more important than your family? John Steinbeck, the famous american author, wrote the novella, The Pearl. Kino and his family find the pearl of the world, but the pearl gives him greed and anger. They resolve that by throwing the pearl back into the sea. Throughout the novel Kino changes what is important in life as he copes with resolving his internal conflicts. In the beginning of the book, the things that are important to Kino are his family and his boat. A boat is important to Kino because it, “can guarantee a woman that she will eat something”(Steinbeck, 14) Kino had a boat and that was the way he could provide for his family. The boat was special to Kino because it was passed down from his grandfather, to his father, and then to him.
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As for wealth, Kino intended to have more for, “this was his last day of his raggedness. For tomorrow or even this afternoon, he would have new clothes”(Steinbeck, 44) He was poor, but the pearl was going to make him rich. Kino and his village were poor, so the clothes Kino wore would not be the same anymore because he had the pearl. Kino also found his son’s education as important when he said, “my son will go to school” (Steinbeck, 25). His son would get an education, and that would help the Indians’ ignorance. Kino cares about Coyotito’s education, but at the same time wealth is destroying
As for wealth, Kino intended to have more for, “this was his last day of his raggedness. For tomorrow or even this afternoon, he would have new clothes”(Steinbeck, 44) He was poor, but the pearl was going to make him rich. Kino and his village were poor, so the clothes Kino wore would not be the same anymore because he had the pearl. Kino also found his son’s education as important when he said, “my son will go to school” (Steinbeck, 25). His son would get an education, and that would help the Indians’ ignorance. Kino cares about Coyotito’s education, but at the same time wealth is destroying