The Pearl, by John Steinbeck, is a classic tale. It is a heavily emotion based book about a man and his fight for his family. Greed, evil, culture, luck, anger, death, happiness, and mystery are all key aspects to this novel. Steinbecks way of writing pulls the reader into what seems to be another world.Kino and Juanas baby, Coyotito, is stung by a scorpion. The doctor would not come and cure him, because he knew that the family did not have very much money. Kino and Juana decide to take the baby to the doctor, along with some of their neighbors. When they get there, the doctor doesnt want to treat the child because he is a poor indian boy. Kino realizes that he has to find something of value to be able to pay for Coyotitos treatment.While oystering, Kino finds a gigantic pearl. Upon hearing about this great find, the doctor decides to heal the child. Kino becomes greedy, and wants to see how much money he can get for the pearl. Juana thinks that the pearl is evil, and she does not want to have anything to do with it. He decides to sell the pearl for 50,000 pesos, but his highest offer was only 1,500 pesos. He decides to go to the capitol to see if he can get a higher bid. The pearl only brings him unhappiness. On his way to the capitol, evil men try to steal his pearl. When they do not succeed, they destroy his canoe, and burn down his house.Kino starts to realize that money cannot buy happiness, but by then it is too late. He is forced to take his family into hiding. They were followed by trackers, and Kino is forced to kill one of them. Kino and his family hide in a cave. He goes outside to attack the men that are still there, and one of the men ends up shooting Coyotito. Kino has to go back to town with his grieving wife, and without his son. When Kino and Juana are going to throw the pearl into the Gulf, they look into it. In it they see Coyotito, and the evil that killed him. Then they cast the pearl out ...
