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☆ Theme: Being greedy can lead to being harmed or destructed.
☆ Moral: The moral is the danger of greed.
☆ Parable: God & hidden treasure.

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☆ Coyotito gets bit by a scorpion.
Then they find "the pearl" and everyone automatically wanted to steal it. But their family became so focused on the pearl that they were blindsided by many things once Coyotito was shot.

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☆  Kino-hardworking, impoverished, dignified. In Chapter 3 it says, "Do speak  any more. In the morning we will sell the pearl, and the the evil will be gone, and only good remain. Now hush, my wife."
☆ Juana- Obedient, forgiving, mentally strong, and traditional. In chapter 5 it says, "There is a devil in this pearl. You should have sold it and passede on the devil. Perhaps you can still sell it and buy peace for yourself.

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☆ The Irony in the story is when Kino finds the Pearl of the world, he hears "the music of the pearl".
☆  Kino does not understand what the dealer's intentions really are when he tells Kino that the pearl is like fool's gold and is too large. However, the reader has seen that he gets ready for Kino's visit , and he has rolled a coin back and forward aggressively.
☆ With what the pearl can buy them, Kino and Juana expected to be safe from harm by finding the pearl, but instead they were hunted.

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☆  She looked at him, her eyes cold as the eyes of a lioness." (Simile)

☆  "He is an animal now, for hiding, for attacking, and he only lived to preserve himself and his family." (Metaphor)

☆  "Kino found the Pearl of the world." hyperbole

☆ "The killing of a man was not so evil as the killing of a boat for a boat does not have a son, and a boat cannot protect itself."(Metaphor) (pg.65)

☆.  "A town has a nervous system and a head and shoulders.'' (personification)

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☆- "Roaking toads seemed to be carrying the melody of the wind''  (Gerund)

☆- ''Standing in the door, he saw two men approach''(Gerund)

☆ Kino, hurrying toward his house, felt a surge of exhilaration
(Gerund)

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☆ The pearl ,scorpion, and the canoe were all symbols of the book.
☆ The Pearl-The pearl shows up multiple times in the story. The pearl symbolizes hope and salvation in the story.
☆ The canoe- symbolizes the culture and their beliefs. It represents traditon and culture. It also represents the ownership that Kino has in the book.
☆ The Scorpion- Symbolizes danger in the book.It represents greed, and selfhishness

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☆ Exposition: Coyotito was stung by a scorpion.
☆ the inciting incident: The town doctor refused to treat Coyotito because Kino cannot pay, and because of his race.
☆ Rising action:  Kino & Juana are left only to focus on the beliefs. They then find "the pearl".in the Gulf of Mexico.
☆ the climax:  Juana tries to throw the pearl in the ocean, and Kino attacks her
☆ falling action: Kino killed all of the trackers because of threats.
☆ resolution: The trackers shot Coyotito.

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☆ Place-La Paz, Mexico
☆ Time-Early 1900's
☆ example : A wonderful thing, a memorable thing, to want the doctor. To get him would be a remarkable thing. The doctor never came to the cluster of brush houses. Why should he, when he had more than he could do to take care of the rich people who lived in the stone and plaster houses of the town.