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★The pearl is a novel by John Steinbeck, published in 1947. The book is about a pearl diver, Kino, and explores man's nature as well as greed, defiance of societal norms, and evil.

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★The theme of ¨The Pearl" is not to be greedy. Being greedy can lead to danger and destruction. In this story Kino wanted money from the pearl very much. This lead to the death of his son, Coyotito.

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★Exposition:
Characters- Juana, Kino, Coyotito, pearl dealers
Setting- La Paz Mexico, early 1900´ s

★Rising action- A scorpion stings Coyotito; Kino discovers a great pearl; Kino's attempts to sell the pearl are unsuccessful, and he is mysteriously attacked; Kino beats Juana for attempting to discard the pearl.

★Climax- When Coyotito dies, and when Kino kills the men.

★Falling Action: When Kino kills all the trackers

★Resolution- When Juana and Kino throw away the evil pearl.

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Chapter 3✰
★Simile- "A town is like a colonial animal." The author included this line to explain the town.
★Personification- "And a town has a whole emotion." The author included this line to explain the town.

★Hyperbole-"Kino's found the great pearl of the world." The author included this to tell us what Kino has found

★Metaphor- "The poison snake sacs of the town began to manufacture veron, which is greed, everyone wants something from the pearl even if they have to take one life." The author included this to tell us how much everyone wanted the pearl.

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★Infinitive- ¨Kino closed his eyes again to listen to his music.¨
★Participle- "...little breaking waves..¨
★Gerund-¨...climbing over them.¨
★Gerund- "She was looking at him as she was always
looking at him when he awakened."

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★The Pearl is set in a small fishing village in La Paz Mexico. The text states, "Across the brush fence were other brush houses, and the smoke came from them too, and the sound of breakfast, but those were other songs, their pigs were other pigs, their wives were not Juana."  The year is never mentioned, but it is most likely during the early 1900's.

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★Kino - The protagonist of the novel. "It meant that Kino would drive his strength against a mountain and plunge his strength against the sea. Juana, in her woman's soul, knew that the mountain would stand while the man broke himself; that the sea would surge while the man drowned in it. And yet it was this thing that made him a man, half insane and half god, and Juana had need of a man; she could not live without a man." This showed that Kino turned from someone who wants money out of the pearl into someone who hated it.
★Juana - Kino's young wife.

¨Now the tension which had been growing in Juana boiled up to the surface and her lips were thin. “This thing is evil,” she cried harshly. “This pearl is like a sin! It will destroy us,” and her voice rose shrilly. “Throw it away, Kino. Let us break it between stones. Let us bury it and forget the place. Let us throw it back into the sea. It has brought evil, Kino, my husband, it will destroy us.” And in the firelight her lips and her eyes were alive with her fear.¨ This shows how she turns from an obedient and kind woman to a demanding person.¨

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★Dramatic- "The trackers would find his trail, he knew it. There would be no  escape, except in flight." When Kino stated "except in flight" this gave the readers a scared moment. This showed that they are not going to make it out alive.

★Situational-"You have heard of fool's gold," the dealer said. "This pearl is like fool's gold. It is too large." This was unexpected because, the whole town believed that it was "The Pearl of the World".

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★Kino finds a pearl with "special powers." This pearl come with it own ups and downs. The pearl makes Kino and his family a main target.
★Kino vs. Juana – Kino wants to hang on the pearl to fulfill his
dreams. However, Juana sees the pearl as evil and wants to
get rid of it. (external)

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★The pearl- The pearl symbolizes humankind's underlying greed and selfishness. It brings out the worst of people in their want for it.
★The scorpion-Coyotito is stung by the scorpion. The scorpion is a figure of pure evil, whose sole function in the novel is to do harm to the most innocent and powerless character, Coyotito.
★Canoe- The canoe symbolizes a tradition that has been passed down through ancestors. This canoe was given to him by his grandfather. This was his most important object that he owned before the pearl.