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Exposition:
Characters- Kino, Juana, Coyotito, The Doctor, Juan Thomas
Time period- 1900’s
Setting- Mexico

Rising Action:
-Coyotito got stung by a scorpion
-The doctor said no to curing Coyotito
-Kino and Juana found the pearl they needed to cure Coyotito
-Kino tries to sell the pearl for pesos to cure Coyotito and the pearl dealers said no.

Climax: The climax of the story is when Kino killed the man on the beach and Kino was attacked.

Falling Action:
-Kino and Juana's house caught on fire
-They left the town because they were being hunted.
-Kino told Juana and Coyotito to stay on the gulf and Juana refused to stay.

Resolution:
When Coyotito died, Kino and Juana walked back to the city sad and right next to each other instead of Kino in front of Juana.

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The Pearl
by John Steinbeck

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“The town lay on a broad estuary, its old yellow plastered buildings hugging the beach." (Chapter 2)

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1) "The town is a thing like a colonial animal."
This is a simile used to describe how the town acts. It gives a animal that is from that time and can have multiple relations to the town to give us an description of how the town works and functions.
(Chapter 3)

2) "Its old yellow plastered buildings hugging the beach."
This is personification because it says that the buildings are hugging the beach. (Chapter 2)

3)"She looked up at him, her eyes as cold as the eyes of a lioness."
This a simile because it describes how Juana looked at her baby in the night and how it was her first son and it was everything she had ever wanted. (Chapter 1)

4) "He was an animal now, for hiding, for attacking, and he lived only to preserve himself and his family."
This is a metaphor because it compares Kino and a wild animal because of Kino's instincts.
(Chapter 5)

5) “The neighbors slipped away to go to their houses, and Juana squatted by the fire and set her clay pot of boiled beans over the little flame.”

This is alliteration that is used to focus the reader’s mind on this part of the text. Although this part of the text seems relatively unimportant and like the alliteration used here is unnecessary, it could be used to attract attention to what they are eating and how people of their race and time ate in this country. It could highlight how they couldn’t afford somewhat fancy foods.

(Chapter 3)

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Kino:

Quote: "They have taken the pearl. I have lost it. Now it is over," he said. "The pearl is gone."

Characteristics: He is a leader, he is brave, he is religious, and he is driven to let Coyotito have an education.

How he changes throughout the story- Kino starts at the beginning of the novella as a poor man who was just trying to make money for the family. Kino then became angry because people were thinking about how they can use the money Kino gets for the pearl. At the end of the story, Kino is upset because Coyotito died.

Juana:
Quote- “She looked full into his eyes for a moment. ‘No,’ she said. ‘We go with you.”
Characteristics- She has moral aspirations, is a follower, and finds it adamant to follow social standards. She is satisfied with their family and sees the “great pearl” as a threat to her quaint little life.

How she changes throughout the story- At the beginning of the story, Juana is a satisfied wife who lives in the pleasure of her small home and small family. Over the course of the story, she is forced to deal with others envy and greed over the pearl. They are pushed towards a life on the edge and are always forced to be aware. At the end of the story, she has been changed by the loss of her son, Coyotito. She becomes solemn, distant, and overall discovers her part as well as her responsibility in the loss of there home and family.

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External Conflict: One of the external conflicts would be when Kino killed the man trying to steal the pearl (which we can infer is the doctor’s servant).

“He felt cloth, struck at it with his knife and missed, and struck again and felt his knife go through cloth, and then his head crashed with lightning and exploded with pain.”  (Chapter 3)

Internal Conflict: One of the internal conflicts of the story is Juana’s disagreement with Kino’s actions but her overall strong belief in the social standard to allow the man to make powerful decisions. We see her conflicted within the story whenever she tells Kino that the pearl is an “evil thing” and urges him to get rid of it. When he denies her this she moves on and continues to do things the way Kino said, but internally she knows that the pearl could only lead to bad things. Towards the end of the story, we see her overcome this conflict when she becomes more confident and tells Kino that they will not split up no matter what when they are being chased by the trackers.

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Theme:
The theme is that in endeavors to gain riches and wealth, one can be overcome with greed. This greed can cause them lose everything and anything they every cared abut or loved, even their legacy. In simpler terms the indescribable need for wealth can lead a person to lose important things such as family.

Application:
This can be applied to modern life because it helps us see that we should prioritize family over inanimate things such as money and wealth. This can be applied in a situation where someone focuses more on there job than they do their family. This theme can help them realize that their family is more important.

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The Pearl is an example of symbolism because it shows evil. When Kino had first gotten the pearl, he thought it would bring hope to get pesos for Coyotito's healing. Juana knew the pearl was bad but Kino thought it would have hope for Coyotito. Once everyone starting taking the pearl and they starting getting hunted and attacked, Kino realized the pearl was evil so he knew he needed to get rid of it.

Kino's Grandfather's canoe is an example of symbolism because it shows the generations of a family in poverty. That was Kino's prized possession, and you can see that it was well built and beautiful at the beginning. Near the end, when Kino has become very greedy and affectionate towards the pearl, the canoe starts to "decay" or get holes in the bottom because the family of poor and appreciative people has now become stuck up and greedy with this evil thing known as the pearl.

Coyotito is an example of symbolism in the sense that he represents innocence. In a world where there is separation and competition, Coyotito is just a child who doesn't know feelings of hate, greed, or envy. We also see that he is a symbol of purity in that while everyone in the town has a plan for the pearl and how it could help them, Coyotito doesn't. Although this is because he is just an infant, that is just one reason why he considered innocent compared to everyone else.

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1) "Her arm was up to throw when he leaped at her and caught her arm and wrenched the pearl from her." (Infinitive: Chapter 5)

2) “Standing in the door, he saw two men approach; and one of them carried a lantern which lighted the ground and the legs of the men.”

(Participle: Chapter 3)

3)"The roosters had been crowing for some time, and the early pigs were already beginning their ceaseless turning of twigs and bits of wood to see whether anything to eat had been overlooked."
(Infinitive: Chapter 1)

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1) "'Beware of that kind of tree there,' he said, pointing. 'Do not touch it, for if you do and then touch your eyes, it will blind you. And beware of the tree that bleeds. See, that one over there. For if you break it the red blood will flow from it, and it is evil luck.' And she nodded and smiled a little at him, for she knew these things."
This is an example of dramatic irony because Kino was warning Juana about the evil tree but he doesn’t know that Juana already knows about the tree, but the audience.
(Chapter 6: Dramatic Irony)

2) “My son will go to school” is something Kino said, but later in the story it states. “The trackers would find his trail, he knew it. There would be no escape, except in flight.”

When Kino finds the pearl, he expects his life to drastically improve, however it dramatically gets worse and they are hunted like animals.
(Situational: Chapter 3)