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by John Stienbeck

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Kino
- At the beginning of the story, Kino is content and happy with his life but after he finds the pearl he becomes blinded by greed and rage which leads to him killing two men and losing his son Coyotito.
"And rage surged in Kino. He rolled up to his feet and followed her as silently
as she had gone, and he could hear her quick footsteps going toward the shore. Quietly he tracked her, and his brain was red with anger. She burst
clear out of the brush line and stumbled over the little boulders toward the water, and then she heard him coming and she broke into a run. Her arm was up to throw when he leaped at her and caught her arm and wrenched the pearl from her. He struck her in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side." (Chapter 5, pg 1)
Kino became like a ravenous animal, hungry for wealth from the pearl. He did not want to lose this valuable possession of his.

Juana
"She looked up at him, her eyes as cold as the eyes of a lioness. This was Juana's first baby this was nearly everything there was in Juana's world. And
Kino saw her determination and the music of the family sounded in his head with a steely tone. 'Then we will go to him,' Juana said, and with one hand she arranged her dark blue shawl over her head and made of one end of it a sling to hold the moaning baby and made of the other end of it a shade over his eyes to protect him from the light. The people in the door pushed against those behind to let her through. Kino followed her. They went out of the gate to the rutted path and the neighbors followed them." (Chapter 1, pg 5)
Juana is very determined to make sure her baby is safe. She cares about Coyotito's health and only wants the best for him.

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Personification
"The town lay on a broad estuary, its old yellow plastered buildings hugging
the beach."
(Chapter 2, pg 1)
The author includes this to illustrate how the setting looks. He gives a mental image of how close the buildings were to the beach by saying that they were hugging the beach.

Simile
"But the buyer's eyes had become as steady and cruel and unwinking as a hawk's eyes, while the rest of his face smiled in greeting."
(Chapter 4, pg 5)
The author includes this to show how the pearl buyer's eyes were serious.

Personification
"A town has a nervous system and a head and shoulders and feet."
(Chapter 3, pg 1)
This illustrates how the town moves as a whole, like a whole person.

Simile
"It was as large as a sea-gull's egg."
(Chapter 2, pg 4)

The author is showing how large the pearl is by comparing the size of the pearl of that of an egg of a sea-gulls.

Metaphor

"Her dark eyes made little reflected stars."
(Chapter 1, pg 2)
The author includes this to compare Juana's eyes to the stars without using 'like' or 'as.'

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"A town is a thing like a colonial animal. A town has a nervous system and a
head and shoulders and feet. A town is a thing separate from all other towns, so that there are no two towns alike. And a town has a whole emotion"
(Chapter 3, pg 1)

"The town lay on a broad estuary, its old yellow plastered buildings hugging
the beach."
(Chapter 2, pg 1)

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Exposition
Kino, Juana, Coyotito, Juan Tomas, the doctor, the priest, Apolonia, the four beggars, and the servant.
1900's in La Paz, Mexico

Inciting Incident
Coyotito gets stung by a scorpion.

Rising Action

Doctor refused to help Coyotito

Found the pearl
The priest came to convince them to give money to the church
The doctor comes to "heal" Coyotito and lies and says he's still in danger.
Someone attacked Kino
Kino goes off to sell the pearl but gets cheated by the pearl buyers
Kino gets attacked again
Juana reveals her dark feelings about the pearl
Juana tries to get rid of the pearl but Kino hits her and takes it from her

Climax
When Kino killed the dark one, and fled from the village.

Falling Action
Coyotito gets shot by the trackers.
Juana and Kino return to the village, side by side, as equals

Resolution
When Juana and Kino return to the village, Kino throws the pearl back into the ocean.

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The Pearl
The pearl symbolizes evil and greed within the world.

The Canoe
The canoe symbolizes family and just how important family is the Kino's tribe.

The Scorpion
The scorpion symbolizes the destruction of innocence in Kino's world and also foreshadows Coyotitos's death.

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Gerund
"She was looking at him as she was always looking at him when he awakened."
(Chapter 1, pg 2)

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

Participle
"And at that moment the laughing Coyotito shook the rope and the scorpion fell." (Chapter 1, pg 4)

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Readers can learn from Kino's story that wealth and material objects should not be the most important thing in your life. We can apply this lesson to modern-day audiences since today in our world, everyone cares about the new car or having the latest phone. Many people in our world lose sight of what's important in life. So ultimately, Kino's story can be seen in many people's lives today even if they wanted their money and possessions for good things. Just like Kino, they were still run and overtaken by greed.

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Situational Irony
"It came to the priest walking in his garden, and it put a thoughtful look in his eyes and a memory of certain repairs necessary to the church. He wondered what the pearl would be worth. And he wondered whether he had baptized Kino's baby, or married him for that matter."
(Chapter 3, pg 1)
This is situational irony because you expect priests to be holy and kind but this one is blinded by greed.

Dramatic Irony
"This doctor was not of his people. This doctor was of a race which for nearly four hundred years had beaten and starved and robbed and despised Kino's race, and frightened it too, so that the indigence came humbly to the door. And as always when he came near to one of this race, Kino felt weak and afraid and angry at the same time. Rage and terror went together. He could kill the doctor more easily than he could talk to him, for all of the doctor's race spoke to all of Kino's race as though they were simple animals."
(Chapter 1, pg 6)
We as readers know that Kino hates and fears the doctor, but the other characters do not know this. He keeps his feelings of hatred, fear, and disgust towards the doctor to himself. Therefore, we know something the characters of the story do not.

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Internal Conflict
Kino is becoming more hostile and untrusting ever since he found "The Pearl of the World."
This is an example of internal conflict because Kino is struggling against his emotions and personality.

External Conflict
"He heard the rush, got his knife out and lunged at one dark figure and felt his
knife go home, and then he was swept to his knees and swept again to the
ground."
(Chapter 5, pg 1)
This is an external conflict because Kino engages in a physical fight with a stranger and the stranger ends up dead.