The Pearl

Have you ever dreamed of diving into the ocean and finding a giant pearl? What would you do with it? That is what happens in “The Pearl” when Kino finds “The Pearl of the World”. Kino decides to sell it to pay the doctor after a scorpion stings his baby, but as soon as people hear of Kino’s pearl, everything goes downhill.


Although Kino thinks that the wealth of the pearl will not effect him, it soon does. When Kino goes to the pearl buyers to sell his pearl, he turns down every one of their offers and threatened to go to the capital to sell his pearl if he doesn't like their prices, even though they were all reasonable prices. It also becomes harder for Kino to trust anyone because he thinks everyone is after his pearl so he buries his pearl in a different place every night, fearing someone may know the old spot. Kino also gets very aggressive and kills a man who was trying to steal Kino's pearl.

Even though Kino was corrupted, his wife, Juana, was trying to get the old Kino back. After seeing that Kino had been corrupted by the pearl's wealth, Juana tried to convince Kino that they didn't need the money. When things got worse, she wants nothing more than to destroy the pearl. Kino still refused so Juana decided to take the pearl in the middle of the night and throw it into the ocean. Unfortunately Kino caught her but was soon confronted by even more people after the pearl, who also failed.

Though the pearl may have been able to bring great wealth to Kino, as soon as others heard of it they wanted if for themselves.