Pearl (Classics on Cassette)

Pearl (Classics on Cassette)
by John Steinbeck

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Author: John Steinbeck
Contributor: Hector Elizondo
Edition: Audio Cassette
Format: Audiobook, Unabridged
Published: 1994-04-01
ISBN: 0453008755
Number of pages: 1
Publisher: Highbridge Audio

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Book Review: Better than I remebered
Summary: 5 Stars

We pretty much all had to read The Pearl in School. But that was a time when you really didn't want to read, especially when someone told you to. I was one of those pupils. Well, I just finished The Pearl, and I really read it this time...what a great simplistically told story about the concept of "The Root of All Evil" In a nutshell Kino (a pearl diver) finds the largest pearl in many years in his community...immediately the neighbors and shop owners show jeolously and contemp, for the peasant suddenly turned wealthy by the pearl. Everyone wants the pearl, yet everyone tells Kino it is worthless and not up to par. An obvious lie.
Similar to the long faces of the people you work with who didn't win the lottery after you just did. From this point the villigers treat him with contempt and are willing to steal the pearl if that means robbery or possibly murder? Kino is aware of this and he takes his wife and newborn son on the lamb after he is wanted by the law. (NO Spoilers here) From here we see how far a man is willing to go to keep the one thing he wants more than anything, only to lose his soul in the process. It is a nice crisp, simply told story of how money and wealth breeds contemp the of others. On another note, this story was so short and light, you can finish it in an afternoon. Steinbeck was able to take a complex idea and make it exciting and educational to the reader. I see now why it was a required reading in school. I do not know if they still offer this as a reading selection.

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Summary of Pearl (Classics on Cassette)

First published in 1947, John Steinbeck's parable is a literary jewel.

Kino is a Mexican pearl-fisher in the Gulf of California. When he and his wife, Juana, have a baby, their joy is complete . . . until the infant is bitten by a scorpion. Kino finds a great pearl worth a fortune, far more than enough to pay the doctor needed to save the baby's life, but it brings only tragedy and evil to his family. A masterpiece of American literature.

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