quotes from the pearl by john steinbeck with page numbers

The priest visits the brush house to remind Kino and Juana to thank God. When Juan Tomas asks Kino what he will do as a rich man, he responds that he and Juana will be married in a church, that they will have new clothes, that he will have a rifle, and that his son will receive an education. News of Kino’s pearl spreads rapidly through the town, inspiring desire and envy in everyone who hears of it. Upon returning to the canoe, Kino opens this oyster last and finds within it the most perfect pearl in the world. Kino dives down to the seafloor and finds one oyster lying alone, gleaming from within. Kino and Juana set off in their canoe to search for pearls. The servant informs Kino that the doctor will not be able to see them and Kino punches the gate, infuriated by the doctor’s evident discrimination. When the servant reports their arrival at his gate, the doctor, lounging indulgently in bed, is insulted by the mere notion that he would “cure insect bites for ‘little Indians’” without compensation. Kino, Juana, Coyotito, and their neighbors proceed together to the city. In the midst of Kino and Juana’s morning routine, Coyotito is stung by a scorpion that has fallen into his hanging box.Īware of how poisonous the scorpion’s sting is, Juana orders that the doctor be gotten and when the doctor refuses to come to them, insists they go to the doctor themselves.

It begins in the brush house of Kino, Juana, and their baby, Coyotito, a family of Mexican Native Americans. The Pearl takes place in a small village on the outskirts of La Paz, California.

Quotes from the pearl by john steinbeck with page numbers