The Pearl" is Steinbecks flawless parable about wealth & the evil it can bring. When Kino an Indian pearl-diver finds the Pearl of the world he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church & their little boy Coyotito will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams Kino is blind to the greed fear & even violence the pearl arouses in him & his neighbours. Written with haunting simplicty & lyrical simplicity " The Pearl" sets the values of the civilized world against those of the primitive & finds them tragically inadequate."