The Pearl

Setting

• Small Fishing Village
• La Paz, Mexico
• 1940s

Characters

• Kino
• Juana
• Coyotito
• Juan Tomas
• The Doctor

Plot

• Coyotito is stung by a scorpion.
• Kino must find a way to pay the doctor.
• Kino finds the "Pearl of the World."
• Kino, Juana, and Coyotito are no longer poor.
• How will this change their lives?

Themes

• Nature of man
• Good vs. Evil
• Greed
• Nature
• Songs

John Steinbeck

• Born February 27, 1902 in Salinas, CA
• Won Nobel Prize in 1962
• Portrayed plight of workers during the Depression
• Wrote Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men
• One of America's great 20th century authors

References

• Biography.com
• The Pearl by John Steinbeck