![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Kino is focused on the pearl’s opportunities that he fails to see his son, Coyotito is growing ill from a scorpion bite. The author uses irony to show when one tries to eliminate obstacles standing in the way of marvelous opportunities, they often destroy more than gain.ĭon't use plagiarized sources. He only then realizes the evil within the pearl when he loses the greatest pleasure of life, that no human can gain back: his son. ![]() Kino has no other choice left but to hike through the rocky mountains hoping to be free from his enemies. Soon, Kino loses everything he had once thought of gaining, making him vacate his village trying to sell the pearl to the capitol. He cannot protect his family because of the dangers arising around him. As the pearl is under his possession, the villagers become envious and repeatedly try to take ownership of the pearl and make his life tough. Subsequently, after finding the pearl, Kino begins to dream about all the enjoyment he will receive and how he can get an essence of life he had never envisioned of having. A historical fiction novella written by John Steinbeck: The Pearl, tells an intriguing story of a poor fisherman, Kino, who discovered the finest wealth: the pearl of the world. Thus Kino’s future was real, but, having set it up, other forces were set up to destroy it.” (Steinbeck 29). A plan once made and visualized becomes a reality…never to be destroyed but easily to be attacked. ![]()
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