Alternate Ending

Kino scaled the side of the mountain very cautious with Juana and Coyotito close behind. As they find a cave they hear trackers they quickly get into the cave in hiding. Kino is thinking of going down and killing them all. Kino ends up going down and attacking them and Coyotito ends up getting shot and dies. Although the book The Pearl by John Steinbeck has a great, unexpected ending, I would like it to be happier.

If the ending was happier I think it would be more interesting. Even thought the story was interesting it wasn’t as interesting as I would like. I always wanted to put the book down and be done and a book I like I never want to put down. It was so sad when Coyotito got shot, I wanted to cry. I needed that part to be way happier. I am going to change Coyotito being shot and also Kino is not going to kill the people following them. Here is my version of the ending.

Kino scaled the side of the mountain very cautious with Juana and Coyotito close behind. As they find a cave they hear trackers they quickly get into the cave in hiding. Kino is thinking of going down and killing them all. “No stay here and lets go to town” says Juana. “But what if they hear us and kill all three of us?” responds Kino. “They won’t, we will be fine just stick close together and move slowly” Juana responds firmly. “Alright let’s wait here then leave in like 5 minutes.” “Sound good to me” Juana said.

Five minutes later, they were off to town where they were going to sell the pearl. They arrive in the town in the middle of the night now they don’t know where to go should they find a spot to sleep go where to sell the pearl or just stay awake and watch for people. They decided to stay awake and watch for people but all the climbing tired them out. They ended up falling asleep on a bench. The next day they woke up to many people walking in the park. So, they got up and started walking around to see if anyone wanted to buy the pearl from them. Some people wanted to but Kino thought that the price ranges they were to low and that they could do better they pearl was worth way too much. He went to the town hall and asked if they would buy the pearl. They got the buyer and he agreed but Kino wanted to know how much he was getting. The buyer said it will be more than what you have been offered before. He left and came back with ten thousand pesos. Kino was so happy to see the stack of money he handed over the pearl in enjoyment. He told Juana and Coyotito to wait outside; Kino goes outside with a big grin on. He was snotty now he was back to his normal self but rich. Juana saw the packet of money the buyer put the money in for Kino and she was so excited to see he sold it. “How much?” She asked. “10 thousand pesos, we are going to have a better life!!”

Even though the book had a sad and unexpected ending; I felt it needed to be happier and that is exactly what I did. I made it maybe not as interesting but some agony because you don’t know if he is going to sell it or not. The book ending was good and unpredictable, I like it to be cheerful.