The Pearl blog entry

In the story, The Pearl by John Steinbeck shows the reader that wealth should not change who you are as a person. In this story, the author shows Kino and Juana in the beginning as not very wealthy. They do not have much of anything. As the story progresses, after Kino finds the " Pearl of the World" everything changes. Things that weren't a big deal before really ended up becoming big conflicts. Kino is not himself and becomes more aggressive towards Juana. Basically, everbody is after him and jealous from him having the pearl. The pearl also ends up bringing evil to Kino and his family. All of this conflict is from the wealth of having thepearl  and how it got into Kino's head and changed him as a person.