Concetti Chiave
- "The Pearl" by John Steinbeck is a tale of a poor pearl diver named Kino who faces adversity after discovering a valuable pearl.
- After his baby is stung by a scorpion, Kino is refused treatment by a doctor due to his inability to pay.
- Kino finds an enormous pearl, but struggles to sell it at a fair price, leading to increased tensions and violence.
- As Kino, his wife, and their baby attempt to flee, they face sabotage, their home is destroyed, and their baby is tragically killed.
- Ultimately, Kino returns to town and discards the pearl, viewing it as a source of evil and misfortune.
“The Pearl” is an old Mexican story written by John Steinbeck, an American author, published in 1947.
This story is about a poor pearl diver named Kino.
One day a scorpion stung his baby, so he took the baby to the doctor, but the doctor refused to treat his baby because Kino couldn't pay him.
What is the discovery of the pearl?
After that, Kino, when he was diving, found an enormous pearl. With this pearl he could pay the doctor, but when Kino tried to sell the pearl in the town all the dealers offered him a low price, and at the end he didn’t sell it, because in his opinion the pearl was very valuable.
In the meantime the news about the pearl spread through the town and some men attacked Kino in order to steal (robbed) the pearl, but he reacted and killed one of them with a knife.
The escape and the tragedy
Kino, his baby and his wife Juana tried to leave the city, but someone had made a hole in their canoe.
When they came back to their house, they found it in flames. So they left the town and started walking towards the capital to sell Kino’s pearl.
Some hunters followed them into the mountains. One of them had heard the baby and thought there was a dangerous animal, so he shot and killed the baby.
The return and the final decision
Then Kino and Juana came back to the town with their dead baby.
In the end Kino threw the pearl back into the sea, because he thought it was very evil.
Domande da interrogazione
- What significant event changes Kino's life in "The Pearl"?
- What is Kino's final decision regarding the pearl, and why?
Kino's life changes dramatically when he discovers an enormous pearl while diving, which he believes will bring wealth and a better future for his family.
Kino ultimately decides to throw the pearl back into the sea, believing it to be evil after it brings misfortune and suffering to his family.
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