The Pearl
When a poor family finds the pearl of the world everything changes. John Steinbeck, a famous American author, wrote the novel The Pearl. The Pearl is a story about a man named Kino and his family who lived in a small hut. When Kino finds the pearl of the world he puts his family in danger for the pearl. What is important in life to Kino changes throughout the story as he copes with his internal conflict.
Kino’s family was important before the pearl. Kino would do anything to protect his family. “In his mind a new song had come, The song of Evil, The music of the enemy, of any foe of the family, a savage, secret, dangerous melody, and underneath, the song of the family cried” (Steinbeck, ). This shows that Kino doesn’t want anything