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    A Study Guide for John Steinbeck's "The Pearl"
    A Study Guide for John Steinbeck's "The Pearl"
    A Study Guide for John Steinbeck's "The Pearl"
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    A Study Guide for John Steinbeck's "The Pearl"

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    A Study Guide for John Steinbeck's "The Pearl," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 15, 2016
    ISBN9781535838818
    A Study Guide for John Steinbeck's "The Pearl"

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      A Study Guide for John Steinbeck's "The Pearl" - Gale

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      The Pearl

      John Steinbeck

      1947

      Introduction

      In The Log from The Sea of Cortez Steinbeck writes that he heard a story about a Mexican boy finding a huge pearl and thinking that he would never have to work again. Soon, however, so many people tried to take the pearl from him that he threw it back into the sea. The story so struck his imagination that he created his own version of it in his celebrated novella The Pearl. Steinbeck changed the boy into the adult Kino, and gave him a family, and created a compelling story of oppression, rebellion, and greed.

      After Kino finds the largest and most beautiful pearl he has ever seen, he is convinced that it will ensure him and his family a promising future. He will be able to have enough money to cure his son Coyotito from the poison of a scorpion's bite, to marry Coyotito's mother, and to provide his son with an education, which he knows will help him to escape the bonds of the oppression under which his people suffer. Kino does not count, however, on the power of the pearl to inspire the worst as well as the best in human nature.

      Author Biography

      John Steinbeck Jr. was born in Salinas, California, on February 27, 1902. His father John served as the county treasurer in Salinas. His mother Olive was a school teacher and helped inspire her son's passion for reading. In the summers during his youth, Steinbeck worked on nearby ranches as a hired hand. This work cultivated his love for the earth, which emerges in so many of his

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