The Pearl

"For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dre... (more)

"For the diver Kino, finding a magnificent pearl means the promise of a better life for his impoverished family. His dreams blind him to the greed that the pearl arouses in him and his neighbors. Baring the fallacy of the American dream-that wealth erases all problems-Steinbeck's classic illustrates our fall from innocence."--Pub.desc. (less)