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The History of Mexico | History Lists | History

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The Pearl is a short novel or novella which is told in the form of an allegory or PARABLE––a short simple work with little dialogue illustrating a lesson or a larger truth often on the subject of good and evil

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the Colonization of Mexico to Mexico in the 1900's.

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the Colonization of Mexico to Mexico in the 1900's.

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the Indians of Mexico had already been under the domination of people of Spanish descent for 300 years.
The governing class was made up of those of Spanish descent and the Roman Catholic Church.  They kept the Mexican Indians at the bottom of the social hierarchy or social ladder
the Indians were not allowed to attend school or own land.
Spanish culture and Catholic rituals were forced upon the Indians

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born in Salinas on February 27, 1902
died in New York City on December 20, 1968
California the son of poor parents
became a writer
never forgot his origins
an excellent observer of human nature
wrote about the people he lived around
discovered that people were often treated poorly
many of thecharacters he wrote about were down and out, isolated
and oppressed. They represent the “struggle” theme