Erich Maria Remarque

In the book The Pearl by John Steinbeck, Kino is a pearl diver who lives with his wife Juana and baby boy, Coyotito. While searching for a pearl to save Coyotito, Kino discovers the pearl of the world. Within hours the whole town of La Paz hears of Kino’s new discovery, everyone wants a piece of the Pearl of the world. The idea of getting a piece of the pearl places a longing desire in the townspeople's hearts, this changes the way kino and his family live day to day and how the whole town…

In The Pearl, John Steinbeck writes about a man named Kino, who lives in La Paz, Mexico. Kino finds a great pearl that he decides to sell in order that he will be able to pay for a life of luxury for his wife Juana and son, Coyotito. He runs into trouble when the greed of people is brought out. His wife, Juana, forwarns Kino that the pearl is evil. Kino does not listen and goes ahead with his plan to bring his family to the capitol to sell the pearl. Juana tries to throw the pearl in the ocean…

The well-crafted novella The Pearl by John Steinbeck is an amazing parable colored with vivid descriptions, specific wording, and great character growth. Kino, one of said characters, is a pearl diver, father, and husband, and is often portrayed as the absolutely normal man who lives an absolutely normal life. Little does he know that a grave amount of bad luck comes with what he believes is a great fortune. Kino’s greed for the “Pearl of the World”(Steinbeck 50) blinds him from his benevolent…

The Pearl was written by John Steinbeck in 1947. This type of book is known as a novella. This means that it is a short novel or a long short story. The genre is parable or allegory. These are stories that usually have a hidden moral or political meaning within them. The book sets place in a small village in La Paz. La Paz is on the Coast of The Baja Peninsula. John Steinbeck was inspired to write The Pearl after visiting La Paz. Here, pearls from the sea are valued more highly than…

In the poem “Alone,” Maya Angelou explains that people will feel alone constantly. No matter what they do, they will always have this feeling. In the other poem “I Am Much Too Alone in This World, Yet Not Alone,” Rainer Maria Rilke explains that people will never feel alone. Anywhere people are, they will always have someone in their heart. Some similarities can be negative when people feel alone, and have no human to be there for each other. Some differences are based upon religion, and…

William Vargas Who knew a pearl could cause so much trouble? The Pearl was written by John Steinbeck. The main characters are Kino, Juana, and Coyotito. The Pearl takes place in La Paz, Mexico about the family life of Kino, his wife Juana, and their son Coyotito. A scorpion crawls onto Coyotito’s shoulder and Stings him. Kino searches desperately to find a Pearl on his canoe. Later on in the story Kino’s family get in a lot trouble with the village people because they want that Pearl. The…

It has been said that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. And in John Steinbeck’s novella The Pearl, beauty becomes evil and destructive. The pearl of beauty and value is found by a poor man named Kino and his life is changed forever when it corrupts him. The pearl is a tragedy disguised as a fortune, although Kino is unaware of that. Throughout the novel, Kino’s perspective on life changes as he copes with his resolutions of his internal conflicts. At the beginning of the story, the two…

In The Pearl by John Steinbeck, the ending is very tragic. The blame for the ending ultimately falls on Kino, but several other factors combined with his own actions lead to it. For instance, his decision to turn down the pearl buyers’ offers (when it was their fault for offering such a low amount), when he killed the man who attempted to steal his pearl (even when it was the other man’s fault for assaulting him), and when the trackers followed the trio and were unable to fend off one man.…

In the 1950’s most people today would think of war but, this story takes place in baja mexico near a little village there lay an indian village of no more than 30 people. Kino, the main character in the book “The Pearl” by John Steinbeck, encounters a life changing event for Him, His Wife Juana, and their little baby Coyotito. Kino is a very brave compassionate and loving man “Kino’s hand went forward very slowly, very smoothly. The thorned tail jerked upright. And at that moment the laughing…

Money and materialism can’t fulfill one’s happiness all the time. This quote shows us that money can’t buy someone’s way to happiness and neither can Kino’s pearl. In the book ,The Pearl, by John Steinbeck a poor fisherman named Kino finds the pearl of the world after his baby named, Coyotito is bitten by a scorpion. Soon, when Kino finds the pearl of the world the village people start to get very greedy for the pearl and its value. The author shows us how greed and materialism is working with…