The Pearl was a very astonishing book. when the main character kino finds a large pearl his world starts to fall apart. when they find the pearl it was to pay a doctor for a baby's wound from a scorpion bite. The doctor who hates Kinos race refuses to treat to baby. as news speeds around he decides to treat the baby, he just wanted the pearl. when the doctor asks for the money, that's when the tragedy starts.
As Kino finds what the pearl is worth, greet takes over him. Kino asks for more and more. As news keeps speeding people attack Kino because of the pearl, the hole family is in trouble, kinos only chose was to kill him, and he did. Kino, the peaceful man, kills another man.
The family runs to sell the pearl, and people are fallowing them. as they are forced to go into a cave. as the men stay to rest, kino must kill them befor they kill him. the as the wife Jana and the baby are hiding in a cave the baby cries. When the people hear that, they shoot, and the baby dies.
After the event, kino takes one final look and sees his baby dead, and throws it in the sea. all the people killed, the baby dead, the house gone, for nothing. he got nothing that he wanted. A very tragic ending as a simple mans life turns into a nightmare.
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