The pearl
John Steinback
, Guided Reading
The pearl
John Steinback (1902-1968)
About the Author :
"I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication
or any membership in literature”. - John-
Whole Name: John Ernst Steinbeck Jr.
Born: February 27, 1902
Birth Place: Salinas, California
Father: John Ernst Steinbeck. *Occupation: owned a feed-and-grain store, managed a flour plant
and served as treasurer of Monterey County
Mother: Olive Hamilton Steinbeck. *Occupation: former schoolteacher
Siblings: three (3) sisters
Childhood Description: shy, but smart, and formed an early appreciation for the land, and in
particular California's Salinas Valley, which would greatly inform his later writing
Educational Background: In 1919, Steinbeck enrolled at Stanford University-a decision
that had more to do with pleasing his parents than anything else.
Over the next six years, Steinbeck drifted in and out of school, eventually dropping out for good in
1925, without a degree.
Other works: Cup of Gold (1929); (1932); To a God Unknown (1933); Tortilla Flat (1935);
Dubious Battle (1936); Of Mice and Men (1937); The Long Valley (1938); and The Grapes of Wrath
(1939).
Facts:
A. Titre: The pearl.
B. Type of work : Novella.
c. Genre : Alegory - Parable at the end we get a lesson or message fucuses on The out casts of
society, The poor, The unducated The demented and the nobellions.
Parable a story That Teaches a lesson.
Algory: a story whose characters represent abstract ideas in order to teach a lesson.
D. Time written : 1944-1945 California.
E. Date Of First Publication : 1945 (in serial form, where it was entitled “The Pearl of the World”), 1947 (in
book form)
John Steinback
, Guided Reading
The pearl
John Steinback (1902-1968)
About the Author :
"I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication
or any membership in literature”. - John-
Whole Name: John Ernst Steinbeck Jr.
Born: February 27, 1902
Birth Place: Salinas, California
Father: John Ernst Steinbeck. *Occupation: owned a feed-and-grain store, managed a flour plant
and served as treasurer of Monterey County
Mother: Olive Hamilton Steinbeck. *Occupation: former schoolteacher
Siblings: three (3) sisters
Childhood Description: shy, but smart, and formed an early appreciation for the land, and in
particular California's Salinas Valley, which would greatly inform his later writing
Educational Background: In 1919, Steinbeck enrolled at Stanford University-a decision
that had more to do with pleasing his parents than anything else.
Over the next six years, Steinbeck drifted in and out of school, eventually dropping out for good in
1925, without a degree.
Other works: Cup of Gold (1929); (1932); To a God Unknown (1933); Tortilla Flat (1935);
Dubious Battle (1936); Of Mice and Men (1937); The Long Valley (1938); and The Grapes of Wrath
(1939).
Facts:
A. Titre: The pearl.
B. Type of work : Novella.
c. Genre : Alegory - Parable at the end we get a lesson or message fucuses on The out casts of
society, The poor, The unducated The demented and the nobellions.
Parable a story That Teaches a lesson.
Algory: a story whose characters represent abstract ideas in order to teach a lesson.
D. Time written : 1944-1945 California.
E. Date Of First Publication : 1945 (in serial form, where it was entitled “The Pearl of the World”), 1947 (in
book form)
