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The Pearl Movie Vs Book

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Kino’s love for his family may have been what tore his family apart. The Pearl, a book written by John Steinbeck, is about a poverty-stricken family. When the protagonist, Kino, finds the pearl of the world their lives are forever altered. Juana, Kino’s wife, immediately wanted to use the pearl to pay off the doctor to heal her son, Coyotito, but Kino believed he could do that and much more. As Kino and Juana continue on with the days before trying to sell the pearl the jealousy, lust, and anger became apparent in a great deal of people who knew them. Director Emilio Fernandez and producer Oscar Dancigers turned The Pearl into a movie. Even though the movie is based on the book, there are noticeable differences. One way, the book and movie …show more content…

In the movie Kino is given four offers, offer one 500 pesos, offer two 750 pesos, offer three 1000 pesos, and offer four 2000 pesos. Another way the book and movie can be compared is by evaluating the ending of each. Similarities include Kino ends up killing all three trackers and he and Juana return to La Paz. Kino also offered Juana to throw the pearl back, but Juana refuses and has Kino do it himself. However there are many differences as well. In the book Kino has a planned attack on the trackers and the trackers killed Coyotito. In the movie Kino is at the pond getting water when he is attacked and kills the main tracker, the other two are attacking Juana in a cave Kino also kills them and Coyotito lives. As well as, in the book Juana is carrying Coyotito body into La Paz, but in the movie Juana, Kino, and Coyotito are all on horseback. As stated in the paragraphs above The Pearl book and movie were quite similar, but key points in the book were altered in the movie. The differences in the pearl selling scene and the ending were significant and very noticeable. The similarities however outweigh the

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