Summary of “The pearl”
Kino, Juana and Coyotito are a little family. They are live in wooden house at the coast. They are a little happy family Kino is a young and a strong man. His black hair hung down over his brown forehead. He had heard bright eyes and a strong moustache. While, Juana is a lovely women. She loves her husband and their little baby and the name is Coyotito.
The baby was in the hanging box, when they were have breakfast, a scorpion was coming slowly down in the rope of hanging baby box. And then, the scorpion stung Coyotito’s shoulder. Juana took the baby in her arms. She put her lips over the wound and sucked hard and spots out the poison. But, Coyotitio cried loudly and he must bring to the doctor.
After that, they are going to the doctor on the centre of their town. All the neighbors and their children were following. All of the people on the town know that the doctor was no good. He love money more then anything else and the doctor was not same race as Kino. The doctor considers that Kino’s race as an animal. They came to the doctor’s house. The servant opens the door and Kino said to him that the baby has stung by scorpion. And then, the servant tells it to the doctor. But the doctor didn’t want to serve the race animal, like Kino because he know that Kino race’s never have money. The servant comes again to Kino’s family and said “has gone out”. Kino is very angry and suddenly hit the gate with his head.
Kino didn’t have anything from the doctor and his family back to their home. Kino back to the sea where he can look for a pearl to pay the doctor. In the deep sea, he found the big shell that may be a pearl inside it. He is very lucky because he gets the big shell with a beautiful light and also it is very valuable.
After Kino had found the biggest pearl in the world, he had many wishes and needs. Many people knew and looked forward to Kino’s pearl. After that, they are to get married in the church again with Juana using a new skirt and wearing shoes. Kino himself was dressed in new while clothes and he wore a blue sailor suit from the United States and a little cap. Kino want buy a rifle but the priest made Kino was afraid what he told. Kino knew that it dangerous and Kino was afraid of the danger.
After he got a very valuable pearl, one day the doctor come to Kino’s house. They want save the baby from the poison of scorpion, but Kino didn’t believe to the doctor. Kino couldn’t do any thing which might be bad for his son, Coyotito. He stood back and let the doctor and the servant enter to their house. The doctor tries to save their baby. Actually the baby getting worst. He can see the baby’s little bottle of pills from his bag, then give it to Coyotito and give it with a glass of water. The doctor said “the medicine saves the baby and perhaps it is save your baby”. Then the doctor and his servant come back to their home.
The neighbor’s Kino thought that the doctor come to Kino house, because he was know that Kino was found the pearl.
Kino and Juana frightened because their baby getting worst. Suddenly the doctor comes again and gives Coyotito a medicine and he sure that baby will save. Kino promised that he will pay the doctor as soon as he sells the pearl. Juana and Kino frightened again because someone who strung tries to steal their pearl, but he failed.
Kino was going to sell his pearl. Kino and his family go to town and find the buyers, but in fact there are some cheating people who cheat him. The pearl of he have is imitation pearl and the price will be low, the buyers priced the pearl 1000 pesos. The buyers make him sure that there are no body who will pay him more than 1000 pesos but Kino still sure that his pearl very valuable and the price will fifty thousand pesos. So he decides to go to capital and find new buyer.
Jumat, 17 Februari 2012
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