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Steinbeck stories with similar themes (the plight of the poor, greed) and in which nature plays a similarly important role include Of Mice and Men, The Grapes of Wrath, Tortilla Flats and Cannery Row.
The Fleming and John song "The Pearl" is based on this story. See the activity in Day 4 based on this song.
Consider Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea, a text with similar imagery and motifs, on the surface, and deeper connections to themes of poverty, pursuance, and objects of singular value.
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The Question and Answer section for The Pearl is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
-other pearl divers
-fishermen
-rest of the people in village
Kino allows the pearl to consume his life at the expense of everything else he holds dear. Do I agree with him? Money is nothing when compared with the people who love you...... absolutely not.
The setting is a Mexican coastal village called La Paz, probably on the Baja Peninsula. The time is not mentioned although many feel it looks like the late 18th ot early 19th century.
