2. John Steinbeck was born in
Salinas, California on
February 27,1902, to Olive
and John Ernst Steinbeck.
John Steinbeck’s books are
full of commentary that
makes the social extremes
of life clear.
John Steinbeck's first novel
was published in 1929.
3. A man named kino and his
wife Juana where living the
dream, they had a beautiful baby
boy named Coyotito. There are
many conflicts in this story for
the whole family starting with a
scorpion. The scorpion stung
little coyotito and Juana tried to
suck all the venom out of
coyotito. The doctor refused to
treat their son so Kino went
diving for a pearl to pay for
Coyotito treatment. Instead Kino
got greedy.
4. The setting takes
place in an
estuary called La
Paz, on the gulf
of Mexico.
The book takes
place in the early
1930s.
5. Kino
He has a wife(Juana)
and a baby boy
(Coyotito).
He is the diver who
found the pearl.
He is Native
American.
6. The Doctor
He only likes to treat
the rich people
(Haves). He doesn’t
treat the ones without
money (Have-nots).
He is the only doctor
in the village.
He buys pearls for the
lowest price possible.
7. The moral
of the pearl is:
greed is a
destructive
force it will do
no good.
8. Pearl Diving
Then: They dived to
get peals with no
gear of any sort.
Now: They dive with
all sorts of gear like
goggles, wet suit,
and aqua lungs.
9. Pearls
Then: The pearls back
then where worth a
lot less. Also they
can easily be forged.
Now: The pearls are
worth a lot more
now. Also there is
technology that can
determine whether or
not they are real.
