Quote 11: 'And the music of the pearl drifted to a whisper and disappeared.' Chapter 6, pg. Quote 10: 'removed from human experience that they had gone through pain and had come out on the other side that there was almost a magical protection about them.' Chapter 6, pg. Quote 9: 'And then Kino's brain cleared from its red concentration and he knew the sound - the keening, moaning, rising hysterical cry from the little cave in the side of the stone mountain, the cry of death.' Chapter 6, pg. If I give it up, I shall lose my soul.' Chapter 5, pg. To determine to go and to say it was to be halfway there.' Chapter 4, pg. Quote 7: 'For his dream of the future was real and never to be destroyed, and he had said, 'I will go,' and that made a real thing too. A plan once made and visualized becomes a reality along with other realities - never to be destroyed but easily to be attacked.' Chapter 3, pg. Quote 6: 'A plan is a real thing, and things projected are experienced. Quote 5: 'n this Gulf of uncertain light, there were more illusions than realities.' Chapter 2, pg.

Quote 4: 'But the pearls were accidents, and the finding of one was luck, a little pat on the back by God or the gods both.' Chapter 2, pg. Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager.

In the end, the pearl unleashes tragedy on Kino and his family. There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon.

But as the old adage goes, be careful of what you wish for. Hardly believing his luck, Kino believes the pearl will bring his family fortune and fulfill his dreams of a better future. Quote 3: 'rage and terror' Chapter 1, pg. The Pearl by John Steinbeck is a novel about an impoverished young diver, Kino, who finds a pearl of extraordinary beauty and value. Quote 2: 'Sometimes it rose to an aching chord that caught the throat, saying this is safety, this is warmth, this is the Whole.' Chapter 1, pg. John Steinbeck was an American novelist who is known for works such as the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Grapes of Wrath, as well as Of Mice and Men. If this story is a parable, perhaps everyone takes his own meaning from it and reads his own life into it.' Prologue, pg. Quote 1: 'And, as with all retold tales that are in people's hearts, there are only good and bad things and bblack and white things and good and evil things and no in-between.

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