The Pearl Thesis

“When news of Kino’s great find-the Pearl of the world-spreads through the small town-no one suspects it's power to deceive, to corrupt, to destroy.”(Steinbeck cover) In the novella, The Pearl, written by John Steinbeck, Kino, a poor fisherman, and his native wife, Juana, desperately need money to cure their child, Coyotito. Overachieving their goal, Kino finds the “Pearl of the world”(Steinbeck 21), and becomes overjoyed with the thought of wealth for their family. With their social class being much lower than others because of their native race/heritage, the only way to cute their son is to be prosperous and be of the same social class as others. Becoming more well known in their town, Kino's family is put in more danger as people try to steal and con kino out of the

Kino, overpowered by the pearl, still has set his sights on selling it, while Juana knows the destruction of the pearl. After a long journey into the town, his family has come to hiding from actions caused by the pearl. Running from trackers that are trying to hunt him and his family, Kino has come to a point where he is more focused on keeping the pearl safe than his own family. Demanding Juana to hide with Coyotito, the pearl has Kino so aggressive, distorted, and scared that he and Juana no longer can understand each other on the levels they had before. Eventually bringing Kino to viciously killing three trackers and accidentally killing Coyotito in a maniacal rage, Earlier in the novella, when he looks into the pearl, he find the song of the family and possibility, while in Chapter 6 his view is altered, “He looked into his pearl to find his vision. “When we sell it at last, I will have a rifle,” he said, and he looked into the shining surface for his rifle, but he saw only a huddled dark body on the ground with shining blood dripping from his throat.”(Steinbeck 71). shell of a