Talk:The Pearl (novella)

message: Could there be more information that is missing from what I'l call "the lost years" between 1947 when the book was originally written, and 1989 when the first reference is dated from the topic "References" on the Wikipedia article? I just happend to notice that most of the information referenced is recent, is it just coming from newer publications or because online work is more accessible than older works? Acmunoz14 (talk) 17:56, 18 January 2020 (UTC)

message: The "Critical Note" section lacks citations and appears to go against the policy on no original research. It does not appear to be any copyright violation, judging from Googling phrases from it. It would be great for a book review or critical discussion site, however, it does not seem to be appropriate for Wikipedia. I'm going to remove this section from the article, as would be difficult to edit to NPOV because of the opinions and assertions that are made. FAE 02:28, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Original Research 

message: The underground-popular Fleming & John song "The Pearl" is a commentary about the morals argued in this book. I am not adding that info to the main page but pop culture references seem increasingly important in Wiki articles, so I'm putting that out there and deferring to other users. --Spesek 03:25, 24 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pop Culture References 

message: It says in their 'bios' that Kino died in an accident after Coyotito's death and that Juana killed herself afterwards. I don't recall this ever being mentioned in the book. I'm not sure whether I missed something in the novel, or if this is unnecessary information.
yes in the last chapter of the book, the narrator states that Kino died while fishing for food to feed him and juana when a thunderstorm hit and he drowned. Then it states that Juana hanged  herself in grief. 69.115.46.242
Where in the last chapter did it state this? I seem to have some difficulty finding it.
its not really a chapter, its the thing in the back of the book that tells you what happenes to the characters after the story ends, i foreget what it's called.
I cant seem to find it, perhaps my book is missing something.
Its only in the first three editions that were published of the book. It was edidted out in the newer versions for some reason, But i read my grandpa's original version so that could be the confusion.69.115.46.242 23:28, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kino and Juana 

message: Why does the summary simply skip chapter three like for real?
And for anyone wondering, I'm pretty sure the Kino killing himself thing above is vandalism, the user who said it was in a version of the book had previous instances of blatant vandalism. JoeyETS 02:48, 1 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Chapter 3

message: At the end of chapter 6 it states that Juana is carrying a blood stained shawl. Is Coyotito dead?
It was kind of unclear.72.49.98.68 16:49, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Death

message: The image you have with the caption "First edition cover" is not the first edition.  The true first edition was published by Viking in the U.S.  The image you have is from the British edition published by Heineman in the UK.  At the very least change the caption.  --Smirkboy 14:35, 11 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: First edition cover

message: Can someone write a sentence or two about the symbolism of the "scorpion"? 71.136.237.74 03:43, 21 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Symbolism

message: :Image:JohnSteinbeck ThePearl title.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.
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thread_title: Fair use rationale for Image:JohnSteinbeck ThePearl title.jpg

message: "The Song of the Family" is under the Character section, to the best of my knowledge, the song is not a character. Can someone change this?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.250.188.227 (talk) 22:56, 24 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Character? 

message: I read this novel more than twice and i'm absolutely sure that the author didn't mention anything abouth the death of Kino and Juana. Is it really exist? I don't think so.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.60.56.249 (talk) 02:48, 30 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kino's and Juana's Death 

message: The second half of the article before the pop-culture section is a pretty heavily biased interpertation of the book. Is there any good reason to keep that, or should an attempt at rewriting be undertaken? I would rewrite it myself, but I don't know the novella that well. BismuthAquatic (talk) 21:39, 30 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutral point of view 

message: The Pearl is classified as a novel in this article by its main title and the link from the disambiguation page, but I believe the story is actually a novella. Could somebody please change this? --76.180.212.58 (talk) 01:23, 22 October 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Novel vs Novella 

message: I don't know when the book was first published, but my confidence is extremely high that the year given, 2111, is not correct.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.11.133.210 (talk) 18:47, 24 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Date of publication 

message: This page missed the entire theme of this, one of my favorite, books.
Kino's life was perfect and he marveled about it's perfection one morning and his child was bitten by a scorpion.  Kino killed the scorpion and prayed, but he prayed for money to pay the doctor, not for his child to recover.  The child recovered, and Kino got the money.  The money (the pearl) destroyed everything Kino valued in this World.  Kino ended up throwing the Pearl back in to the sea.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.125.82.83 (talk) 00:15, 31 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Missing the entire theme

message: Apparently The Pearl won the Nobel Prize for Literature but I'm not sure in which year and don't have any more details. Can anyone elaborate on this please? 132.185.160.122 (talk) 17:25, 15 August 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Nobel Prize for Literature