quotes from the pearl by john steinbeck with page numbers

Unaware of these reactions, Kino envisions selling the pearl and using the money to improve his family's lives. One oyster yields an immense pearl, which he calls 'The Pearl of the World' news of its discovery spreads quickly, and some of the family's neighbors start to resent Kino's luck in finding it. Kino and Juana visit the local doctor, but are turned away because of their poverty and his prejudices toward Amerindians.Īs Juana applies a seaweed poultice to the sting, Kino dives for oysters from his canoe, hoping to find a pearl valuable enough to cover the treatment fee. However, Coyotito shakes the rope, causing the scorpion to fall into the box and sting him. Kino sees a scorpion crawl down one of the ropes holding up the hanging box that serves as Coyotito's crib and tries to remove it. Kino, a poor pearl fisherman, lives with his wife Juana and their infant son Coyotito in La Paz, Baja California Sur. The Pearl is sometimes considered a parable. The story is one of Steinbeck's most popular books and has been widely used in middle and high school classes.

The book was adapted as a Mexican film named La Perla (1947) and as a cult Kannada movie Ondu Muttina Kathe (1987). Steinbeck's inspiration was a Mexican folk tale from La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico, which he had heard in a visit to the formerly pearl-rich region in 1940. The story, first published in 1947, follows a pearl diver, Kino, and explores man’s purpose as well as greed, defiance of societal norms, and evil. The Pearl is a novella by the American author John Steinbeck.

Quotes from the pearl by john steinbeck with page numbers