How I Relate to The Pearl A parable is a short allegorical story designed to illustrate or teach some truth, religious principle, or moral lesson. The Pearl is a great example is a parable because Kino is used to show how something good can ruin your life. When he finds the “Pearl of the World,” his wife Juana knows that it will make them evil. I felt that Kino was already turning evil because every offer that he got for The Pearl, Kino turned it down. I was not expecting Kino to be so rude and demanding. In The Pearl, it talks about “taking his own meaning from it and reads his own life into it.” It means to have a life experience similar to what is going on in the book. An example could be getting in trouble for lying in your
