In John Steinbeck's The Pearl, a poor yet humble pearl diver by the name of Kino finds a giant pearl with which he hopes to buy peace and happiness for his family and an education for his son, Coyotito. Instead, he learns that the valuable Pearl of the World can not buy happiness but only destroy his simple, yet content, life. As soon as Kino’s son, Coyotito, is bitten by a deadly scorpion, Juana, …showed first 75 words of 524 total…

…showed last 75 words of 524 total…or the way we act. No matter what, we are always the same people on the inside and not even a million dollars should make a difference. In the story, Kino was not this strong and he just didn’t know when to stop running. If he would have just taken the first offer he got for the pearl, he would have been a much happier man and he would still have his entire family.