Symbolism In The Pearl

In the book The Pearl, Kino and Juana live a tough life in La Paz, Mexico with their beloved new born Coyotito. They are considered outsiders, and aren't as gifted as the wealthy social class. One day, Coyotito gets stung by a scorpion, and is filled with poison. To be healed, Coyotito need’s a Doctor, but Kino and Juana don’t have enough money to support the cost. The only option is finding a valuable pearl. These pearls are like…………….. Out of a miracle, Kino finds a beautiful, stunning, and breathtaking pearl. He was beyond excited, and it meant the world to him. Though this precious pearl was a life changing event, it had some bad twists. Throughout the book, the pearl symbolizes evil, good, and the future to Kino, but jealousy throughout

Most importantly though, in order to not get scammed by the rich social class, Coyotito needs to get an education and teach his parents. If they can get all of these things, then in this case the pearl symbolizes good. Not everything goes smoothly though; there is always going to be a bad with a good. When Kino and Juana go to trade the pearl for pesos, the buyer says “This pearl is like fool’s gold. It is too large. Who would buy it?” (49) Kino was obviously devastated and furious. He knew that his pearl was worth at least fifty thousand pesos. He grew so furious that no matter what anyone said, he would to go to the Capital; a very hazardous travel filled with dangers and evil spirits and trade the pearl in for what it’s worth. Kino stated, “We will not be cheated, I am a man.”(57) On their way, attackers heard them and shot a gun into the air hitting the top of a cave that ricocheted onto Coyotito which instantly killed him. Evil from the pearl filled throughout Kino’s

Everyone wanted a fine pearl as extraordinary as the one Kino had found. It is extremely uncommon for someone as low classed as Kino to find the pearl of the world. This brought lots of talk throughout the town of La Paz. Steinbeck stated “The news came early to the beggars in front of the church, and it made them giggle a little with pleasure, for they knew that there is no almsgiver in the world like a poor man who is suddenly lucky.”(22) This evidence shows how the beggars disagreed with the thought of Kino having the pearl. On the other hand, not everyone was envious of the pearl at the end. Once the low class people figured out what evil things the pearl could bring, they didn’t want it