Summary of The Pearl :: essays research papers

kino gum, a young drop-off diver in La Paz, enjoys his simple life until the day his son, Coyotito, is stung by a scorpion. The monied town doctor will not get over the baby because kino cannot pay the doctors fee, so Kino and his wife, Juana, are left only to wish their child is saved. That day Kino goes diving, and finds a great drop curtain, the Pearl of the World, and knows he is suddenly a wealthy man. The word travels quickly about the bead and many in the town begin to plot ports to distract it. While the townspeople plot against Kino, he dreams of marrying Juana in a church, purchasing a rifle, and sending Coyotito to school so that he can pick up to read. Kino believes that an education will free his son from the poverty and ignorance that take up oppressed their people for more than four hundred years. The doctor comes to treat Coyotito once he learns of Kinos pearl, and although the baby is healed by Juanas remedy, the doctor takes utility of Kinos ignorance . He convinces Kino that the child is still ill and will ease up without the care of a doctor. The doctor then manipulates Kino into unwittingly revelation where he has hidden the great pearl. Kino moves the pearl when the doctor leaves. That night, an intruder comes into Kinos hut and roots around near the spot where Kino had jump buried the pearl. The next day, Kino tries to sell the pearl in town. The pearl buyers have already planned to convince Kino that the great pearl he has found is worth very little because it is too large. This way they can purchase the pearl for a low price. But when the buyers sift to cheat Kino, he refuses to sell the pearl and plans to travel to another city to sell at a fair price. His brother, Tom Juan, feels Kinos plan is fond because it defies his entire way of life and puts his family in danger. Kino is now on his own, although he doesnt know it yet. Juana warns Kino that the pearl is evil and will degrade his family, but he refuses to thr ow it away because it is his one chance to yield a different life for his family. That night, Juana takes the pearl and tries to throw it into the sea, but Kino stops her and beats her.