The Moral of The Pearl

Steinback wrote an excellent story about how the Pearl of world changes the main character, Kino's life and his future. At the very beginning of the story, Kino and his family have a very smooth and simple life. Everything seems peaceful and nothing has to worry about. But once his son was poisoned, his life has a goal, to save his son's life. When he is not accepted by the doctor, he went to the ocean and tries his luck to see if he can find anything valuable. Fortunately, he finds the pearl of the world, a great grey pearl. 

When he finds the pearl, he starts to dream about how different his life and his family will be. At the same time, people live in the same village also think about how to take the pearl away from Kino. That is because people only see the wealth the pearl will bring to them. They do not see other things else, such as the moral of being a good person, and not stealing things from their neighbors. People become greedy, so does Kino. Even though he is almost killed by a stranger, he still insists to keep the pearl. He also puts his family in danger and finally his son is killed in a fight. So Kino finally realizes the consequence of his greed and throws the pearl in the sea.

I think the moral of the book is to tell people that we should be satisfied what we already have and not be greedy of the things we do not have. If we can control our desire for money, we can have a more peaceful life.