The Pearl

The Pearl John Steinbeck 118 Pages A. Setting 1. Late 1800s to early 1900s 2. Located in a small rural village 3. It takes over a period of a couple weeks B. Point of view 1. It is in the first person point of view through the eyes of Kino C. The expostion 1. In the first chapter of The Pearl Kino tells about the music he hears in his head like "The Song of the Family". In their brush house …

…a great magnificent pearl and becomes greedy and wants everything. The story tries making the point that you can't always get what you want and you can't get everything. It shows it by Kino changing into this raged guy who want his family to have everything and changing into a whole different person. G. How the title fits the book 1. The title fits the book because the family finds a pearl and it changes everything.