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Konserto terakhirSNota Novel Konserto Terakhir

INOPSIS:

Novel ini mengisahkan Hilmi datang ke Kuala Lumpur untuk mencari bapa

saudaranya yang bernama Datuk Johari. Dia berjaya menemui bapa

saudaranya dan tinggal di rumah tersebut sebagai tukang kebun. Ketika

keluarga Datuk Johari bercuti, Hilmi mula memberanikan diri bermain piano.

Sejak itulah bakatnya mula berkembang dan dia mendalami bidang muzik

daripada pakcik Bakar. Hubungan Hilmi dengan Hayati begitu akrab dan tidakdisenangi oleh Datin Salmah. Oleh sebab selalu bertemu anak pakcik Bakar

iaitu Azizah, akhirnya berputik perasaan cinta lalu mereka berumahtangga.

Azizah merupakan seorang yang materialistik menyebabkan hubungannya

dengan Hilmi berakhir dengan penceraian menyebabkan Hilmi tertekan.

Ketika pertunjukan Orkes Perdana akan berlangsung, Hilmi tersungkur dan

tempatnya digantikan oleh Hayati. Hilmi dimasukkan ke hospital. Tidak

beberapa lama kemudian, Hilmi meninggal dunia. Datuk Johari terkejut

apabila mendapat tahu bahawa Hilmi ialah anak kandungnya. Akhirnya Datuk

Johari juga meninggal dan Datin Salmah insaf.

TEMA:

Tema untuk novel Konserto Terakhir ialah perjuangan hidup dan kegigihan

seorang anak muda yang berasal dari kampung yang berhijrah ke bandar

untuk mencari pekerjaan dan akhirnya berjaya menjadi seorang seniman

besar negara.

Berikut ialah bukti-bukti yang menunjukkan bahawa watak Hilmi adalahseorang yang gigih.

1.Gigih menghadapi penghinaan daripada Datin Salmah ketika bekerja

sebagai tukang kebun di rumah Datuk Johari. Penghinaan ini berlaku

disebabkan beliau hanya seorang pemuda kampung dan berpendidikan

rendah.

2. Gigih mempelajari muzik daripada Encik Bakar walaupun pada masa yang

sama terpaksa membahagikan masanya untuk bekerja di sebagai pembantu

di stesen minyak sehingga menjadi seorang pemuzik yang terkenal.
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3. Gigih mencipta lagu pelbagai lagu sehingga lagu yang diciptanya terkenal

di seluruh tanah air.

4. Gigih menghadapi masalah rumah tangganya walaupun akhirnya terpaksa

berpisah dengan isterinya disebabkan sikap Azizah yang mementingkan

kekayaan.

5. Gigih berusaha bagi memastikan kejayaan konsert perdananya walaupun

terpaksa mengabaikan kesihatan dirinya sendiri.

PERSOALAN/ MESEJ:

1. Kegigihan berusaha untuk mengubah kehidupan dan masa depan:

Contohnya Hilmi menyedari dia anak kampung yang tidak berpelajaran dan

hanya bersekolah darjah 4 sekolah Melayu. Dia sering mendapat penghinaan

khususnya daripada Datin Salmah. Hilmi mendapat dorongan daripada Pak

Amat supaya berusaha gigih untuk mencapai cita citanya iaitu menjadi

seorang pemuzik dan secara tidak langsung telah mengubah corak hidup dan

masa depannya.

2. Cinta dan kasih sayang sesama manusia: Contohnya dapat ditunjukkan

melalui kasih sayang antara Hilmi dan Hayati serta cinta dan kasih sayang

antara Hilmi dan Azizah. Cinta dan kasih sayang dilihat pada awalnya lebih

kepada simpati.

3. Agama yang dapat mengembalikan ketenangan hidup: Contohnya Hayati

ialah seorang gadis yang penuh dengan kebebasan tetapi telah berubah dan

berasa tenang setelah mula mendekati agama melalui ibadah solat dan

mendalaminya melalui buku buku agama seperti Hidup Sesudah Mati.

4. Semangat kerjasama yang membawa kejayaan: Contohnya kejayaan

Orkes Hilmi merupakan kejayaan berkumpulan dan semangat itu ditunjukkan

ketika Hilmi dimasukkan ke hospital dan pertunjukan Orkes Perdana itu

berjaya dan mendapat pujian.

5. Sikap segolongan masyarakat yang terlalu mementingkan pangkat dan

darjat: Contohnya Datin Salmah menghina Hilmi kerana menganggap Hilmi

hanya seorang pemuda kampung dan tidak berpendidikan tinggi.

6. Gaya hidup segolongan masyarakat yang bersifat kebaratan: Contohnya

Datin Salmah sering menghadiri morning coffee manakala rumah datuk

Johari terdapat sebuah mini bar.

7. Sikap suami atau isteri yang curang: Contohnya walaupun sudah bersuami,

Hayati masih mencintai Hilmi dan bertemu Hilmi sebelum ke luar negara


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bersama dengan Mohsin.

8. Sikap sesetengah golongan masyarakat yang masih mempercayai perkara

karut dan khurafat: Contohnya Datin Salmah percaya bahawa Hilmi

menggunakan ubat guna-guna terhadap Hilmi.

NILAI/ NILAI MORAL:

1. Kegigihan : Contohnya Hilmi gigih mempelajari muzik daripada Encik Bakar

sehingga akhirnya beliau menjadi seorang pemuzik dan pencipta lagu yang

terkenal.

2. kasih sayang : Contohnya Hayati amat mencintai kekasihnya Hilmi

sehingga beliau berubah daripada seorang gadis kebaratan kepada seorang

gadis yang taat akan agama.

3. Keimanan : Contohnya Hayati taat mengerjakan sembahyang setelah

membaca kitab bertajuk Hidup sesudah mati.

4. Kerjasama : Contohnya Hayati menggantikan tempat Hilmi untuk

memimpin kosert perdana setelah Hilmi dimasukkan ke hospital dan

kerjasama itu menjadikan konsert tersebut mendapat pujian.

5. Merendah diri : Contohnya, Datin Salmah tidak memiliki sikap rendah diri

kerana menghina Hilmi serta bersikap bongkak dan mementingkan darjat.

6. Kejujuran : Contohnya, Hayati tidak jujur kepada suaminya kerana masih

mencintai Hilmi walaupun beliau telah bersuamikan Mohsin.

7. Patuh perintah ibu bapa : Contohnya, Hayati memamatuhi perintah ibunya

dan mengikut kemahuan ibunya supaya berkahwin dengan Mohsin.

PENGAJARAN:

1. Kita mestilah gigih berusaha untuk mencapai cita-cita yang diinginkan:

Contohnya Hilmi gigih mempelajari muzik sehingga Berjaya menjadi pemuzik

dan pencipta lagu yang terkenal.

2. Kita mestilah sentiasa mengamalkan kerjasama untuk memburu kejayaan:

Contohnya Hayati menggantikan tempat Hilmi semasa beliau dibawa ke

hospital dan kerjasama itu membolehkan konsert perdana tersebut Berjaya.

3. Kita mestilah mengamalkan nilai kasih sayang sesama manusia:

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dan kemudiannya bertukar cinta kepada kekasih.

4. Kita mestilah sentiasa patuh kepada ibu bapa kita: Contohnya Hayati patuh

akan perintah ibunya supaya beliau berkahwin dengan Mohsin.

5. Sebagai seorang isteri, kita mestilah jujur kepada suami: Contohnya

walaupun sudah berkahwin dengan Mohsin tetapi Hayati tidak jujur kerana

masih mencintai Hilmi.

6. Kita mestilah membantu orang yang memerlukan bantuan: Contohnya

Encik Bakar mengajar muzik kepada Hilmi tanpa sebarang bayaran kerana

ingin membantu Hilmi menjadi pemuzik terkenal.

7. Sebagai umat, kita mestilah patuh kepada perintah Tuhan : Contohnya

Hayati sentiasa mengerjakan solat setelah membaca buku Hidup sesudah

mati.

WATAK DAN PERWATAKAN:

A. Hilmi

1. Pemuda kampung berpendidikan rendah : Hilmi berasal dari kampung di

Kedah dan hanya berkelulusan darjah empat sekolah rendah.

2. Seorang yang rajin : Hilmi rajin mengusahakan taman di rumah datuk

Johari sehingga taman itu menjadi cantik serta mendapat pujian daripada

rakan-rakan Datin Salmah. Dia juga rajin mengusahakan kebun di rumah itu

sehingga sayur-sayurannya berbuah lebat.

3. Seorang yang gigih / tabah : Hilmi gigih menghadapi cabaran hidup apabila

sentiasa sanggup berdepan dengan penghinaan Datin Salmah. Kegigihan

Hilmi juga dapat dilihat melalui usahanya yang bersungguh-sungguh untuk

mempelajari muzik daripada Encik bakar.

4. Seorang yang artistik : Hilmi bijak berusaha mengadun taman di rumah

Datin Salmah sehingga taman itu menjadi cantik serta menarik.

5. Seorang yang penyabar : Hilmi sentiasa sabar menghadapi penghinaan

Datin salmah. Dia juga tidak pernah menceritakan sikap sebenar Datin

Salmah atau memburuk-burukkan mereka kepada Pak Karim semasa dia

bertemu Pak Kasim.

6. Seorang yang bercita-cita tinggi : Hilmi merantau ke Kuala Lumpur untuk

berusaha mencapai impiannya menjadi orang yang Berjaya. Dia berusaha

mengejar impiannya dengan berusaha belajar muzik daripada Encik Bakar


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sehingga menjadi seorang.

7. Seorang yang kuat agama : Hilmi tidak pernah meninggalkan sembahyang

lima waktu walau di mana sekalipun dia berada.

8. Seorang yang bijak/ berkebolehan : Dapat memainkan piano dan mengenal

kod piano walaupun hanya dengan mendengar Hayati memetik pianonya.

B. Datin Salmah:

1. Ibu saudara Hilmi : Beliau isteri Datuk Johari dan ibu kepada Hayati.

2. Seorang yang sombong dan mementingkan darjat: Datin Salmah tidak

dapat menerima Hilmi kerana Hilmi berasal dari kampung serta berpelajaran

hanya setakat darjah empat sekolah rendah. Beliau sering menghina Hilmi

dan kerap mencari jalan agar Hilmi dapat keluar dari rumahnya.

3. Hidup secara kebaratan : Datin salmah menjalani kehidupannya seperti

masyarakat barat. Beliau dikatakan selalu bertemu rakan yang setaraf di

Morning Coffee.

4. Percaya kepada kepercayaan tahyul : Datin Salmah masih mempercayai

kepercayaan karut apabila mempercayai bahawa Hilmi menggunakan ubat

guna-guna kepada hayati sehingga Hayati berubah daripada sikap asalnya.

5. Seorang yang suka mengongkong : Datin Salmah ingin menentukan

kehidupan anaknya Hayati dengan mengahwinkan hayati dengan Mohsin

sedangkan Hayati tidak mencintai Mohsin.

6. Seorang yang tidak beriman : Datin salmah tidak mengerjakan

sembahyang sejak hidup sebagai orang kaya dan berharta. Hal ini diceritakan

penulis semasa datin salmah menyedari Hayati mula berubah mengerjakan

sembahyang.

7. Insaf akan kesilapannya dan ingin menebus dosanya : Datin salmah kesal

atas perkara yang telah dilakukannya ke atas Hilmi setelah mengetahui

bahawa Hilmi ialah anak datuk Johari. Dia ingin menebus dosanya dengan

menyatakan keinginannya untu memelihara anak Hilmi.

C. Hayati

1. Anak perempuan tunggal kepada datuk Johari dan datin Salmah :

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2. Seorang yang cantik.

3. Seorang yang penyayang : Hayati amat menyayangi Hilmi. Beliau juga

amat sedih apabila Hilmi keluar dari rumah datuk Johari sehingga

menyebabkan beliau berubah sikap.

4. Berubah daripada hidup kebaratan kepada hidup berasaskan agama :

Sebelum bertemu Hilmi, hayati seorang yang periang dan hidup seperti

remaja lain. Apabila Hilmi keluar dari rumah Datuk Johari, beliau berubah

menjadi seorang yang mula mendekatkan diri kepada Tuhan dan mula

bersembahyang.

5. Patuh kepada arahan ibunya : Hayati sanggup berkahwin dengan Mohsin

walaupun beliau tidak mencintai mohsin. Hal ini dilakukannya demi menjaga

hati ibunya, Datin Salmah.

D. Datuk Johari

1. Bapa kepada Hayati dan suami kepada Datin Salmah : Merupakan

kakitangan kerajaan berjawatan tinggi. Beliau juga merupakan bapa

saudara kepada Hilmi.

2. Seorang yang baik hati : Datuk Johari sanggup membenarkan Hilmi tinggal

di rumahnya. Pada masa yang sama, beliau turut member pekerjaan kepada

Hilmi sebagai tukang kebun di rumahnya.

3. Seorang yang bijak : Datuk Johari bijak memberi alasan supaya Hilmi tidak

keluar dari rumahnya ketika Datin salmah mencadangkan supaya Hilmi keluar

dari rumah itu kerana merosakkan piano Hayati. Pada masa yang sama,

Datuk Johari bijak kerana hanya memotong gaji Hilmi sahaja.

4. Hidup seperti masyarakat barat : Kehidupan Datuk Johari yang kebaratan

dapat dilihat apabila terdapat sebuah mini bar di rumahnya. Beliau seorangpeminum minuman keras.

5. Seorang yang tidak kuat pegangan agama : Digambarkan oleh penulis

sebagai seorang yang sudah terlalu lama meninggalkan sembahyang lima

waktu.

6. Seorang yang tidak bertanggungjawab : Datuk Hilmi meninggalkan isteri

pertama sebaik dikahwininya iaitu ibu Hilmi. Beliau juga tidak pernah

mengetahui bahawa Hilmi ialah anaknya sehingga diberitahu oleh pak karim.

Datuk Johari telah melupakan tanggungjawabnya sebagai suami dan bapa.


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The pearlPlot Summary

Chapter 1

The Pearlbegins as Kino, a Mexican pearl diver in the village of La Paz on the gulf

of California, awakes before morning. His wife Juana and child Coyotito lie nearby in

their brush house. Kino contentedly listens to the waves on the beach and declares "it

was very good." His ancestors had passed their songs down from generation to

generation to Kino, who this morning has the "Song of Family" in his mind. Juana

rises and makes breakfast for the family, as she does every morning, and sings part ofthe Family Song.

Suddenly Kino sees a scorpion crawling down one of the ropes that holds the baby's

cradle, and a new song, a "Song of Evil," enters his head. He lunges at it but is too

late and the scorpion stings Coyotito. Juana immediately tries to suck out the poison

from the wound, but the area begins to swell. She and Kino take the baby to the

doctor in town, along with many neighbors who have come to watch, but because they

have no money, he will not see them. Filled with shame and rage, Kino smashes his

fist against the doctor's gate.

Chapter 2
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After Kino and his family return to their fishing village, Juana places a seaweed

poultice on the baby's wound and prays that Kino will find a pearl that would pay for

the doctor. That afternoon when Kino goes diving, he finds the largest pearl he has

ever seen, "The Pearl of the World," "as large as a sea-gull's egg" and as "perfect as

the moon," and he howls with joy.

Chapter 3

Soon the entire town knows of the pearl, speculating on what it is worth. All suddenly

are interested in Kino as the pearl "stirred up something infinitely black and evil in the

town." Kino had become "curiously every man's enemy," but he and Juana are

oblivious to the town's dark thoughts. They dream of what they can do with the

money they will gain when they sell the pearl, deciding that they will be able to get

married and buy new clothes and get their son an education, which will grant him

freedom.

Kino, however, begins to hear the "Evil Song" as he thinks others will try to steal the

pearl from him and so he makes "a hard skin for himself against the world." When the

doctor hears the news, he reminisces of his past life in Paris and decides that he will

take Coyotito as a patient and so get his hands on some of the money from the pearl.

He comes to the brush house and warns Kino and Juana that the poison may still be

inside their son but that he can help. After the doctor forces Coyotito to swallow what

he insists is medicine to drive the poison out, Coyotito becomes ill. Soon, however, he

appears to recover and the doctor demands payment. Kino determines to sell the pearl

the next day. That night, though, someone comes to the hut to try to steal the it. Kino

scares him away but not before he is hit in the head. Juana warns that the pearl is a

"sin" and will destroy them, but Kino insists it is their only chance to send Coyotito toschool.

Chapter 4

The townspeople follow Kino into town on his journey to meet with the pearl buyers

and speculate about what they would buy with the money he will earn for it. The first

buyer offers only 1000 pesos, claiming that the pearl is "fool's gold" and has little

value. When Kino refuses the offer and insists that it is worth 50,000 pesos, the buyer

calls others in to make bids, but they also determine the pearl to be worthless. Kino

declares that he is being cheated and vows to journey to the capital to sell it even

though he is afraid to go there. His neighbors are unsure about whether Kino has beencheated or whether he is being greedy. That evening when Kino is again attacked by

robbers outside his brush house, Juana pleads with him to destroy the pearl, but he

refuses, insisting that he "is a man" and so can handle any trouble they may face.

Chapter 5

In the middle of the night Juana arises and takes the pearl to the water, ready to throw

it in. Kino, however, stops her just in time, grabs the pearl and beats her in an

animalistic rage. On his way back to the brush house, he is sickened by what he has

done. On the trail assassins attack him, but this time he kills one of the men. Juana

realizes that at this point, "the old life was gone forever." Realizing that he will be

accused of murder, Kino decides that they must flee and turns to his brother Juan


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Tomas and his wife for help. Kino admits, "This pearl has become my soul. If I

give it up I shall lose my soul."

Media Adaptations

La Perla, a Mexican and American production ofThe Pearlwas released in1947. Steinbeck worked on the screenplay and the film was directed by Emilio

Fernandez.

In 2001, Hollywood released another version ofThe Pearl, starring Richard

Harris and Lukas Haas. This film was directed by Alfredo Zacharias.

An audio version ofThe Pearl, produced by Penguin and read by Hector

Elizondo, is available through Audio Books.

Chapter 6

Kino and his family travel up the coast but soon realize that trackers are followingthem. In an effort to lose them, they head into the mountains. At one point, Kino

considers turning himself in to save his family, but Juana convinces him that the

trackers would kill all of them to get the pearl. The family stops near caves to rest, but

the trackers eventually catch up with them. Under the cover of darkness, Kino tries to

jump one of the men while the other two are sleeping. He is able to kill all three, but a

random rifle shot during the struggle hits Coyotito, killing him.

Kino and Juana return to La Paz, devastated at the loss of their son, appearing as if

"removed from human experience." Hearing the Song of the Family ringing in his

ears like "a battle cry," Kino grasps the pearl, which has become "gray and ulcerous"

with "evil faces" peering from it. When he tries to give it to Juana, she insists, "noyou." Kino then throws it with all of his might into the green water, and it disappears.

Characters

Coyotito

Coyotito, Kino and Juana's infant son, is the catalyst for his parents' obsession with

the pearl. Both of his parents want the pearl to help pay for his recovery from the

scorpion sting and for his education, so that he will not be limited by the same

oppression under which his parents have suffered.

Doctor

The doctor is part of the system that oppresses Kino and his family. The villagers

know "his cruelty, his avarice, his appetites," his laziness, and his incompetence. His

sense of superiority prompts him to regard Kino and his neighbors as animals and so

determines that he need not treat them. Only after he learns of Kino's pearl does he

offer help so that he may be able to get his hands on it and regain the luxurious life he

has enjoyed in Paris. To that end, he deceives Kino and Juana about Coyotito's illness

and his own powers as a healer.

Juan Tomas


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Kino's brother Juan Tomas provides Kino with shelter and wise counsel.

Juana

Juana is a dutiful wife who rises every morning to make breakfast for her family. She

exhibits a fierce, instinctual need to protect her child as evidenced by her clearheadedresponse to the scorpion's sting and her insistence that they take him to the doctor,

knowing that there is little chance that the doctor will see him yet ready to face the

resulting shame. Coyotito is Juana's first baby and so he is "nearly everything there

was in [her] world."

Her strength and endurance, however, are her most dominant qualities. Kino

"wondered often at the iron in his patient, fragile wife" who "could arch her back in

child pain with hardly a cry" and "stand fatigue and hunger almost better than Kino

himself." He notes that "in the canoe she was like a strong man." Although patient

with and obedient to her husband, she tries to convince him to throw away the pearl

when she recognizes the danger it brings.

Her endurance is displayed after Kino beats her. As he stands over her with his teeth

bared, she stares as him "with wide unfrightened eyes." She accepts that he had been

driven over the edge of reason and decided "she would not resist or even protest." As

a result, Kino's rage disappears and is replaced by disgust for what he has done to her.

Juana shows a great and patient understanding of her husband. After he beats her, she

feels no anger toward him, recognizing that as a man "he was half insane and half

god." She knows that he will "drive his strength against a mountain and plunge his

strength against the sea" and that he would inevitably be destroyed by both. Althoughpuzzled by the differences she recognizes between men and women, she "knew them

and accepted them and needed them" because as an Indian woman "she could not live

without a man." She then determines to follow him, hoping that her reason, caution,

and "sense of preservation could cut through Kino's manness and save them all."

Juana endures the pain of her injuries as she escapes with Kino and Coyotito.

Her ability to defy her husband by attempting to throw the pearl in the sea while

admitting that she could not survive without him reveals her great courage. She is

driven by her need to "rescue something of the old peace, of the time before the

pearl." Yet after Kino kills his attacker, she shows her resilience when she

immediately admits that the past was gone, "and there was no retrieving it. Andknowing this, she abandoned the past instantly. There was nothing to do but to save

themselves." The death of her child appears to break her, however. As she walks back

to the village at the end of the story, "her wide eyes stared inward on herself" and she

"was as remote and as removed as Heaven.

Kino

Even though he lives in poverty, Kino is content at the beginning of the story because

he is surrounded by the family he loves. It is only after his child's life is threatened by

the scorpion bite that Kino determines that he will rebel against the system that

oppresses him.


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He is connected to his ancestors through their songs, which he often hears in his head.

The frequency of the Family Song and the Enemy Song suggests his strong link to

those ancestors as well as to his environment. Kino experiences a combination of rage

and fear as he confronts his oppressors, showing strength as well as an intuitive

assessment of the reality of his position. He is a proud man who feels shame when he

stirs up the courage to challenge that position and is rebuffed.

Like Juana, he is a responsible parent who strives to provide the best life possible for

his child. This commitment gives him the courage to rebel against the status quo by

calling on the doctor, by refusing to accept the offer from the pearl buyers, and by

fleeing the village after he murders one of his attackers. His loyalty is also expressed

toward his neighbors when it does not even occur to him to take one of their boats

during his escape.

His obsession with the pearl is prompted by his desire for respect and power, but most

importantly for the education of his child. He wants to be able to marry Juana, to buy

a rifle that can "[break] down the barriers," to dress his family in nice clothes, andfinally to enable his son to free himself and his people from subjugation.

Kino's fierce desire to provide for and protect his family reduces him to a primal state.

Ironically that desire to provide for them causes him to viciously attack Juana. Later,

after he kills his attacker, the narrator concludes that Kino is "an animal now, for

hiding, for attacking, and he lived only to preserve himself and his family." This

primal nature enables him to escape his trackers, at least initially. The narrator notes

that "some ancient thing stirred in Kino. some animal thing was moving in him so

that he was cautious and wary and dangerous." At the end of the story, he appears

broken as he retains his primal state. He, along with Juana, appears "removed from

human experience." He "carried fear with him" and "he was as dangerous as a rising

storm."

Themes

Greed

The story has been applauded as a parable that warns of the effects of greed. A

parable is a story that is chiefly intended to convey a moral or truth. After Kino finds

the pearl, he learns how far others will go, including committing murder, to gain

wealth and the power that it brings. All those who hear about the pearl, even hisneighbors "suddenly became related to [it], and [it] went into the dreams, the

speculations, the schemes, the plans, the futures, the wishes, the needs, the lusts, the

hungers, of everyone." And since Kino stood in their way, "he became curiously

every man's enemy." Kino recognizes this desire in himself, not for wealth, but for the

power the pearl can grant him. He says the pearl is his soul.

THEMES

Major Themes

In The Pearl, John Steinbeck show that wealth can have dire consequences as it

breeds greed, envy, and evil; sometimes in the possessor of the wealth and sometimes


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in those who surround the wealthy. Kino's discovery of the pearl should have brought

him wealth and happiness; instead, it brings ill tidings and creates vast sorrow in his

life.

Minor Themes

John Steinbeck also shows man's inhumanity to his fellow man throughout the novel.

The wealthy people, represented by the doctor, force the poor class of people to exist

on simple food and in humble dwellings. They seize the wealth for themselves and

refuse kindness or charity to those in the lower class, as evidenced by the doctor's

refusal to treat Coyotito. At the same time, the wealthy trample one another as they

struggle to climb the ladder to wealth and success.

MOOD

The mood changes from one of peace and calm to one of great anxiety as Kino strives

to hold on to the pearl. At the end of the novel, the mood is one of somberness and

sorrow as Kino loses his son and hurls the pearl back into the sea. The various moods

help to emotionally involve the reader in the novel

CONFLICT

Protagonist

The protagonist of the novel is Kino, the pearl diver, and the entire plot revolves

around him. At the beginning of the play, Kino is described as a simple family man,

content with his surroundings and wanting nothing more than a full stomach and a

placid life. When the scorpion bites his son, he takes him to the doctor. The doctor's

curt response and refusal to help Coyotito causes Kino to search for the pearl. He

discovers the greatest pearl in the world, which seems to incur the wrath of the gods.

After finding the pearl, Kino must endure continuous hazards, which leave him afraid,

yet unrelenting and defiant. Although he fights the evil forces behind the pearl, he

cannot overcome them. He finally loses his most precious possession, his only son to

the evil forces. The novel comes full circle with Kino flinging the pearl back to the

sea from where it had come. Kino's character as a tough, resilient hardy man has been

beautifully depicted.

Antagonist

Kino's antagonist is the beautiful pearl, which breeds greed, envy, and evil amongst

the people around Kino, who are jealous of his newfound wealth.


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Climax

In chapter six, Kino and his family flee from their country to go and sell their pearl.

Evil trackers, hoping to steal the pearl, follow them on their journey. Coyotito's cryreveals the presence of Kino and his family, and the trackers shoot and kill their son.

Finally, Kino hurls the pearl back into the sea.

Outcome

The novel ends in tragedy. After the death of Coyotito, there is nothing left for Kino

and Juana. The pearl has no value to them, for the main reason for selling it is to

provide for their son. Now he is gone. The novel ends with Kino and Juana returning

to their country, utterly forlorn and defeated. As the entire village follows them, the

couple walks to the sea. There, Kino takes the pearl in his hand and flings it into the

water, where it slowly disappears.

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LITERATURE

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