Reflection On The Book “The Pearl”
What stood out to me the most in the book was that Kino was willing to keep trying to sell the pearl no matter what happened. The thing that made him release what he was giving up for the pearl was when Coyotito died. Also, how Kino changed a lot. At the beginning of the book, Kino would never kill a man. At the end of the book, he did (4 people).
What I learned from the book is that We shouldn’t get our mind focused on something we want that puts other peoples lives in danger because of it. Kino was so focused on making his family’s life better and selling the pearl, he didn’t release how much Kino was putting his family in danger. When we want something we shouldn’t be so focused on getting it that its all we think about. The pearl was taking over Kino’s mind, and making that what he was only thinking about.
It matters because we should be thankful for what we have, and when we want something we have to think it through on how it could effect others around us. And if we get that, we have to constantly be thinking ahed on how it could effect us.
May 20th, 2013 at 5:44 pm
I agree with #2, if we get too focused on something, even if it could potentially be good, we’ll lose sight of what’s really important. Even if we have good intentions, we can still lose sight of what matters.