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✰The story uses the pearl as a symbol of greed and hatred. It's also used to show what something worth a lot can do to people and how it can change them.

✰The Canoe symbolizes the impoftance and value of family. It also represents that even if you can buy a new one it won't be the same or as good to you because the other one because it was important and had more value to you because your family members had passed down something they cherished and loved to you.

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✰The story's setting mainly takes place in their house or somewhere in their village located on the beach in La Paz, Mexico.  The story states, "The town lay on a broad estuary, its old yellow plastered buildings hugging the beach."

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✰The theme of the story is that materialistic things, no matter what the price, are not more important than the things that matter like your family, friends, and your morals.

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✰Exposition- Kino, Juana, Coyotito, The Doctor, The town's people (characters). La Paz, Mexico, 1945 (setting).
✰Rising Action-
♡ Coyotito gets bit by a scorpion, and the doctor refuses to treat him
♡ Kino finds "The Pearl of the World", which would impact their lives negatively
♡ Juana tries to throw the pearl into the ocean, but Kino stops her

✰Climax-
♡ Kino stabs and kills a man, forcing them to run away from home

✰Falling Action-
♡  Kino and Juana find out that there are people looking for them
♡ Juana and Coyotito hide in a cave while Kino fights off the hunters looking for them
♡ One of the hunters

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✰Dramatic- When Kino and Juana house burns down we the reader know that they are both alive and at his brothers house, but everyone in the village thinks they died in the fire.

✰Situational-It was situational irony when the doctor said that he wouldn't help coyotio because its a doctors job to help people.

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✰Kino- Independent, masculine, stubborn, hopeful, and demanding.
✰Quote-¨I am a man¨-(Ch. 4)

At the begging of the book, Kino was content with his life and happy with his family even though he did´t. However after discovering the pearl the need to make money and have lots of money increased. For a little bit he was just focused on the money but at the end the he realized that  family is more important than anything.

✰Juana-Caring, Superstitious, religious,  intelligent, and family oriented.
✰Quote- “She knew she could help him best by being silent and by being near.” -(Ch. 4)

At the beginning of the book, Juana was content with her life. Though she didn't have much, she had her family. When Kino acquired the pearl, she believed all their problems would be solved, and they would become rich. She later finds out that will bring nothing but evil into their lives.At the end of the book, she realizes that she risked her family for nothing.

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✰Personification- "Its old yellow plastered buildings hugging the beach" (ch. 2) The author included this line to show how close the buildings are too the beach.

✰Simile- "In the canoe she was like a strong man." (ch. 1) The author included this line to show how strong she was in the canoe

✰Alliteration-"Glowing and gloating with grace" (ch. 4) The author included this to show how elegant their actions were.

✰Hyperbole-"His brain was red with anger." (Ch. 5) The author included this line to really exaggerate how angry he was.

✰Simile-¨Kino had a rifle across his arm and Juana carried her shawl like a sack over her shoulder.¨ (Ch. 6) The author added this detail to give the readers an idea of how Juana is carrying her shawl.

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✰Participle-"The house of Juan Tomas was almost exactly like Kino's house; nearly all the brush houses were alike, and all leaked light and air, so that Juana and Kino, sitting in the corner of the brother's house, could see the leaping flames through the wall."

✰Infinitive- "They were high and graceful canoes with curving bow and stern and a braced section amidships where a mast could be stepped to carry a small lateen sail."

✰Gerund- "Thus, in La Paz, it was known in the early morning through the whole town that Kino was going to sell his pearl that day."

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✰External-A external conflict from this story was when kino went to sell the pearl to the pearl buyers but they were offering him to little because they wanted to take advantage of him, but kino knew the pearl was worth more and argued with them.

✰Internal-A example of a internal conflict is that Kino knows the pearl if evil but he decided to keep it because he rather make money off of it. Although in the end he realizes it was a mistake to keep the pearl and he throws it back into the water.