The Pearl

8 Pages 1958 Words

I. Type of Story

In my opinion The Pearl is a very interesting novel in the way that the book is written and the problems that are so realistically portrayed. The author chooses a poor Indian Village as the setting for his story, probably to show that it really doesn’t matter where one lives, since greed exists all over the world. Kino, the main character, finds a huge pearl that is supposedly worth a lot of money. His attitude toward his friends and family doesn’t change but the attitude of everyone else does in that they suddenly becomes his friend and wants something from him. Their feeling is that they deserve their share, and they will play every trick in the book to get what they want. The sad thing is that even the doctor, who is supposed to be a caregiver, first rejects Kino but agrees to see him once he hears of the pearl. I feel that the story is well written in that if the reader looks over the fact that the story takes place in a distant land, we can find many similarities between the theme in the story and our everyday lives.

























II. Characterizations
The person who takes the role of the protagonist in The Pearl is Kino. He is the caretaker of the family and he would do anything to safeguard his family. For instance, when he finds the pearl the only thing that he thinks of is what he could procure for his family and how the money could effect their lives. He imagined that he could afford to let his son go to school and get an education and so he could make a better living for himself and not always be concerned about making ends meet or how to make money for a living. He imagined his wife Juana decked out in new clothes and wearing jewelry, and he imagined getting married but this time in a real church with all their family, as well a real priest. He thought that now that he had found this pearl he could provide anything that his family wanted and that he wo...