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Written in 1940 and published in 1947, “The Pearl” is another of Steinbeck’s novels, which tells the great American dream. The English he uses, as in most of his books, is fairly simple. The message that he attempts to put through to the reader, which makes this short and effortlessly understandable. Steinbeck’s protagonists comprise of Kino, a young Mexican fisherman, and his poverty-stricken family, consisting of Juana (his wife) and Coyotito (his baby boy). The story begins set in the bare darkness of the interior of Kino’s mud hut, where the family awakens before the dawning of each day to perform their retual of preparing and eating corn cakes-the family’s staple. Their living quarters is situated next to the Gulf of Mexico, where Kino would go out to dive for oysters and catch his family’s next meal. Every single day he dreams of finding the great pearl, whom everybody believes, will make him rich. It is the incident of his son’s illness that puts the fire and sense of urgency in his heart to search for the prized object. The author drawn comparison to the American dream: To gain material wealth, obtain success. Ironically, when Kino does find the Pearl, it is to his great disappointment,
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Approximate Word count = 978
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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