For this book review, I chose to read the book "The Pearl". The book “The Pearl” has a very strong moral and plot. The book is classified into the genres “Fiction” and “Novella”. The book “La Perla” has a total of 90 pages. John Steinbeck is the author of this book. The main character of this story is "Kino". Kino is a poor gentleman in a relationship with "Juana". Kino and Juana live on a beach in a house in the bush. There are many other poor families living in bush houses on the beach, as do Kino and Juana. Kino and Juana also have a son named “Coyotito”. Coyotito is a boy of about 2 years old. In Kino's life, he hears music in his head. He hears the music of family, evil and peace. Everything that happens in his life usually creates a melody in his head. At the beginning of the chapter, Kino wakes up in the middle of the night and starts hearing evil music in his head, Juana wakes up early and starts controlling Coyotito. While checking on Coyotito, they soon see a scorpion approaching Coyotito. Kino and Juana breathed slowly so that the scorpion would not get scared and bite Coyotito. But after the moment of silence, Kino decides to attack the scorpion before it can sting his son, but as he tries to attack the scorpion, Coyotito is soon stung in the shoulder. Soon the news went around the houses in the bush and everyone around was told the horrible news. Kino knew there was a doctor in the town not far from them. The people of the town also heard the news and were on the streets waiting to see them arrive at the doctor's house. Kino had wasted no time and he and Juana took Coyotito across town to the doctor's house. As he gets to the doctor... midway through the paper... he is being hunted by people who are trying to kill him. None of this would have happened if he hadn't found this great wealth. And as a result of this greedy wealth, his son died. My opinion on this book is very positive. I really enjoyed this book and it's moral. From reading this book I learned a great lesson about how money can ruin your life and that of your family. One great thing about this story is the overall theme, I also liked how the author included very detailed characters. The characters played a huge role in telling the story. Some bad things included in this story were the lack of setting. There weren't many details included about the setting. It's about life on a beach and in a small town, but it doesn't include much about the country or the continent. But overall I find it a great book and a great lesson for people today.