The Pearl

Jennie Igielski
At the end of the book The Pearl by John Steinbeck Kino, Juana and Coyotito leave their town to escape and sell the pearl in a different town. On the way to sell the pearl Kino discovers trackers, one with a rifle. Kino had no choice and decided to go kill them all and take the rifle, but before he could he could attack the trackers heard Coyotito’s cry and decided to shoot up in the cave because they thought it was something else. Right when Kino attacked killing all of the men, the guy with the rifle shot and killing Coyotito. I liked the book The Pearl but I wished it would of ended a little differently.

If the ending was more interesting I wish it would have ended with Kino and Juana going into town and selling their pearl with Coyotito alive. I wished it would have ended this way because I like happy endings and with Coyotito dying and Kino throwing the pearl back into the ocean it did not make me happy. I would have enjoyed the book so much more if it ended with Coyotito being able to go to school.

Kino and Juana walked into town with Coyotito crying. Kino walked up to the pearl buyers.
“My pearl is worth so much more than you have offered me.” Kino says.

“Sir, this pearl is not the pearl of the world, but I can give you what I offered before.” The pearl buyer said.

“No, I know this pearl is worth so much more than your offering, I am not leaving until you at least tell me it is worth more!”

“Ok sir, you are right it is worth more than we are offering but it is worth too much that we cannot afford it!”

“I will make you a deal” Kino says “If you sing a paper saying you will pay me for my pearl I will let you pay me all you can right now and in the near future you will pay me the rest!”

“Yes sir, I will pay you all the money, if you give me the pearl right after I pay you as much as I can right now!”

“Ok it’s a deal” Kino says.

Kino and Juana were so happy. Their baby was now healthy and Coyotito will get to get to go to school and learn how to read and write. Kino and Juana got married also they got new clothes for them and Coyotito who was getting old enough to start going to school. Ever Since Kino sold the pearl of the world Kino, Juana and Coyotito have been the happiest family in town

The book, The Pearl was a good book but the ending made me dislike it. The ending was so sad and I always believe book endings should be happy. I think with Kino selling the pearl, the baby not dying and being able to go to school is a very happy ending and I wish it could have ended like that in the real book.