The Pearl The Peal by John Steinbeck, a story of a man, his wife, their baby, and greed. Kino, the man, had no need for money, he was happy with the little things he had. A brush house, a sleeping mat, a canoe, and a family, that’s all he needed, until his son was in danger and needed medical treatment and Kino found The Pearl. When Kino held the pearl for the first time …showed first 75 words of 520 total…

…showed last 75 words of 520 total…meant death, he had to rid himself of this evil. Kino and Juana went back to the water, and with all his might Kino flung the Pearl. The watched it settle in to the lovley green water and started their lives over. Steinbeck displayed what greed can do to people. He impacted the old statement “The love for money is the root of all evil.” Whe money is in our hands, our eyes turn green.