The Pearl is a novella by American author John Steinbeck, published in 1947. It is the story of a pearl diver, Kino, and explores man's nature as well as greed and evil. In 1947, it was adapted into a film named La perla.
Kino, a young, strong, and poor Mexican-Indian pearl diver, lives in a small town, La Paz, with his domestic partner (to whom he is not married because he cannot afford to pay the priest for a wedding ceremony), Juana, and his baby son, Coyotito. When Coyotito is stung by a scorpion, Kino must find a way to pay the town doctor, an extremely prejudiced white man, to cure Kino's son. When Kino discovers an enormous pearl the size of a seagull's egg when out diving, he is ready to sell it for money to pay the doctor.
Stephen Brazil Steven Bilodeau Elizabeth Edith Kirlew Miranda Bomanator Mia Alyssa Elena Sanchez Alex Julia Sydney