The Pearl

The Pearl By John Steinbeck


   I am reading the Pearl by John Steinbeck. In this book there are many cultural differences. Such as the fact doctors and more wealth people were usually a different race or had a different background. in the beginning of the book a less wealthy person that lives in a village of small huts. The son of the main character was stung by a scorpion. The doctor states that he doesn’t want to deal with poor Indian boys. Kino and his wife then realized they have to relay on hope. they go diving for pearls unlike people that work for money, this is another reason the doctor turns him down. he goes fishing for these pearls and find the biggest oldest pearl had ever seen, and the town started calling it the pearl of the world. once he had the pearl everyone thought he was rich and famous. people began to attack him and the doctor even decides to heal the child. This shows that money can change the way people live or think towards people with money. I recently finished the book and there was an unexpected ending for my self, and its also a fairly small book that doesn’t take long to read but there’s meaning behind the story and it gives the reader a good lesson on life. I recommend this book to readers, not for the fact that it’s a short easy read but for the facts I stated above, that it’s a good story and there’s a lesson behind the book.