The pearl

I Introduction/General Information about the Book


· Title:
The pearl


· Author:
John Steinbeck


· Type of Book (fantasy, humor, science fiction, mystery, biography, non-fiction):
Mexican folk tale


II Characters


Main Character:

Kino – The father of Coyotito and the wife of Juana. He's the one who saw the scorpion on Coyotito. He's the one who saw the pearl and fighting for it against the thieves.
Juana- wife of Kino. The mother of Coyotito. She's the one who's trying to stop kino in selling the pearl because its evil
Coyotito- the infant son of Kino and Juana. The one who died.





· Supporting Characters: (name at most three)

Neighbors – they are the one who accompanied the family to see the local doctor
Doctor – the one who refuses to help coyotito because Kino cannot pay
Thief – they are the one who want to steal the pearl found by Kino
Juan Tomas- brother of Kino
Apolonia- Juan Tomas's wife


III Setting

La paz, Mexico is a coastal town in mexico .


IV Plot: The Action/Summary of What Happened in the Story


kino saw a scorpion in coyotito and the scorpion stings the baby. They went to the doctor but the doctor refused because kino can't afford.
Because kino needs a money he went to the ocean and he found a pearl.
Kino attempted to sell the pearl so that he can marry juana and he can give a good education to their son coyotitio.
Because of the pearls fame their family was attacked by the tracker.
Kino fought the tracker so that he can protect his family.
Kino and juana went back to the village with their dead son coyotito and threw back the pearl.

V Theme

 The story is all about a man which was blinded by the fame of the pearl that leads to a bad situations that happening in their family. There's a good moral in this story because it makes people realizes that all the things that comes in life has its own purpose for which it will either bring them bad or good happenings.

I have learned in this story that we should give importance not just on material things. We also need to assess every things big or small that comes in our life. Because everything has its own purpose.

One of the problem in the story is on how they'll escape from the trackers because it will attack kino's family. And as a solution they escape to the mountains and hide in the cave.


VI Evaluation of the Book

I like this book because it gives a good moral to the people particularly in a family. It also gives a lesson on every move a man does, that they need to think first before taking any actions. Because now a days people are blinded by fame and fortune that they forget the things that happening in their live.