The Pearl (novel)

The book The Pearl of the writer John Steinbeck is about a young Pearl fisherman who one day finds a huge Pearl . This is his chance to get out of his miserable situation, he thinks. Everyone knows that the Pearl is worth much, but the purchasers of the pearls like to buy up the Pearl for as little as possible. To counter this, he along with his wife and child to the big city, where he thinks the Pearl to sell for a higher price. However, he pursued and attacked by the consequence of the Pearl curiosity shops. He realizes in the end that the Pearl was no blessing but a curse.