THE PEARL: A Review

The Pearl is a story about an Mexican Indian man and woman, set in the early to
mid-1900's, in Bolivia. It was written by John Steinbeck as a short fiction
book that tells of the family's life just before, during, and just after find a
great pearl. The book was an amazing and discussed many different ideas. The
main idea discussed is whether or not being rich is a good thing. The story
explained how everyone would like to be rich yet being rich has a lot of
unnecessary baggage that goes with it.

There are two major characters in this book. The first is a man named Kino. He
is a Mexican Indian of about 25-30 years. He lives in a fairly primitive
village among a similar group of Mexican Indians. They are a fishing village
and also dive for pearls. The second character is a woman named Juana. She is
his commonlaw wife, mother of his son, and better half. She supports everything
Kino does, and offers advice to him whenever he needs it. They have a son......

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