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[The Pearl John Steinbeck]

The scene where Kino looks into the pearl and sees his dreams - new clothes, a harpoon, school for Coyotito - is heartbreaking in retrospect. He projects his hopes onto a cold object. Later, he looks into the pearl and sees only the man he killed and his beaten wife. The pearl records his fall from grace. Accessing the text through a the pearl pdf allows readers to compare these two pivotal scenes side-by-side. It effectively demonstrates how our internal state colors our perception of the external world.