The Pearl/The Red Pony

This CD-ROM provides a multimedia companion to these two great novellas by John Steinbeck, geared toward the junior high and high school level. The disk enhances Steinbeck’s profound writing about the human experience with lessons about folk tales from which The Pearl is derived, and a challenging game that encourages the user to reconstruct key elements of The Red Pony. System 486 or Pentium processor; double-speed CD-ROM drive; 256SVGA color monitor; Windows 3.1; mouse; SoundBlaster or compatible sound card; 8MB RAM.