Greed, jealousy, arose in the town as everyone wanted the pearl and it’s
money for them selves. Kino and Juana tried to get away from the evil but found
that the evil was in the pearl. It had brought out the worst in everyone, even
Kino as he struck his wife for trying to throw it away. Evil had won until the
ultimate sacrifice was made and Kino and Juana lost their child, the very thing
they were trying to protect. Not until the pearl had been thrown away did the
evil die down. I believe that the book had the greatest impact on my life. The
Pearl changed my thinking about life. It taught me that money is not everything,
it is practically nothing. Family is more important that any material possession
could ever be. Although it seems odd to say money isn’t everything, it is true.
It is true that you cannot live without money, but your life revolves around
your money, you might as will not live. No one can truly live with only money.
The Pearl taught me to always love my family dearly, also to never let my love
for something material be greater than that for my family. Those statements are
bold ones that I believe are true about this Novel and real life. If you do not
have any love for you family, how can you love anything at all? How could you
possibly love something material more that your family? As unconceivable as they
sound, they are both very good questions without an answer. The Pearl helped me
look at what is really important in life, not money and objects, but people and
family.
Bibliography
John Steinbeck. “The Pearl”. “John Steinbeck” 02/14/2000
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/johnstei.htm
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