The Pearl
By John Steinbeck

Quotes
Kino: "I am a man"
Kino: "This pearl has become my soul. If I give it up I shall lose my soul."
Juana: "Kino, this pearl is evil. Let us destroy it before it destroys us. Let us crush it between two stones. Let us - let us throw it back in the sea where it belongs. Kino, it is evil, it is evil!"
My Summary
The Pearl is the story of Kino, a poor fisherman, and Juana, his wife, who find a huge pearl worth a lot of money. When a scorpion was spotted slowly moving down the rope of the hanging box, where Coyotito, Kino and Juana's baby, slept, Kino made a slow dash toward the box, but Coytito laughed shaking the rope of the hanging box. The scorpion fell, striking Coyotito on the shoulder. When Kino and Juana found the pearl of the world, they thought that it would bring them good luck, but instead, they finds that the pearl is slowly destroying their lives. Finially at the end of the story, Kino and Juana rid themselvs of the pearl, and all the evil that it brings, by throwing it in the sea.

My Opinion
The story, The Pearl, is a literary masterpiece. The discriptive vocabularay allows you to be right in the story with Kino, a poor fisherman, and Juana, his wife. For example, "Kino awakened in the near dark. The stars still shone and the day had drawn only a pale wash of light in the lower sky to the east." At times the story would become a little confusing, but for the most part it was easy reading. John Steinbeck is an exceptional writer, and I very much enjoyed The Pearl!