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Kino: Kino is very respectable, hard-working, and (later in the story) greedy. Greed makes him very inclined and will do everything he can to sell the pearl. A quote from the story that best describes him would be from chapter 4 where it says, "In the morning we will take our canoe and we will go over the sea and over the mountains to the capital, you and I. We will not be cheated. I am a man." This describes the inclined characteristic Kino has for the pearl. He changes in the story by being in a controlled manner, in the beginning, to be "possessed" by the pearl toward the end of the story.
Juana: Juana is very obedient, loving, tough (has a thick skin), and the most notable, superstitious. A quote from the story that best describes her would be from chapter 1 where it says, "Under her breath, Juana repeated an ancient magic to guard against such evil, and on top of that she muttered a Hail Mary between clenched teeth." This proves the superstition that Juana has and that she will do everything (even magic) to save her child's life. She changes from the beginning of the story to the end by not speaking much and agreeing on everything Kino does or says. But later in the story, she started speaking up about how evil the pearl is and also tried to throw it back to the ocean.

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The setting of the story is based in a small village in La Paz, Mexico during the 1940s.
"The brush houses of the fishing people were back from the beach on the right-hand side of the town, and the canoes were drawn up in front of this area."

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1) When Kino finds the Pearl of the World, he expects his life to improving tremendously, but it deteriorates tremendously. Some evidence of the irony would be in Chapter 5 when Kino got attacked by the black figures and his house gets burned down by the black figures. Another piece of evidence of the irony is in chapter 6, where Kino gets hunted by the trackers and Coyotito ends up getting shot in the head by a tracker. This would be situational irony because we expect Kino to have a better life and the opposite ends up happening.

2)  When Kino goes to sell the pearl, he believes that the pearl is worth a whole lot of money, but the pearl dealers tell him that the pearl is worthless and Kino does not believe them. In chapter 4, The pearl dealer says, "You have heard of fool's gold," the dealer said. "This pearl is like fool's gold. It is too large, who would buy it? There is no market for such things. It is a curiosity only." We know that Kino is being cheated and that all of the dealers work for one person but Kino doesn't know these things. This would be dramatic irony because we know something that Kino does not.

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The lesson that the story was trying to tell was that you shouldn't base your whole life on your riches. It also teaches not to be greedy with your wealth. We can apply this in modern times by when we get a large sum of money, don't only use it for yourself but, help others if they need it. Also don't take what you have for granted because you never know what could happen, like with Kino and his family after he found the pearl. After finding the pearl everything went downhill including the murder of his only son.

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Some things in stories are significant to someone in the story or the story in general. Those things are called symbols. Some symbols in John Steinbeck's The pearl include...

The Pearl: In the story, the pearl represents wealth throughout the whole story. This wealth also represents greed found in mankind which leads to evil brought upon the holder (Kino) because of the greed. A lot of bad things happen in the story to Kino/his family because of the pearl.

The Canoe: In the story, the canoe represents Kino's ancestry and tradition. It represents ancestry because the canoe has been passed down from Kino's grandfather to his father and eventually to Kino. The canoe also represents Kino's tradition because, for generations, Kino's people have been pearl divers. The canoe is used to go out on the water and hold the things the divers find and bring back.

The Scorpion: In the story, the scorpion represents the evil that is found in nature. In the first chapter, a scorpion stings Coyotito which could've killed him if Juana didn't suck the poison out in time. Unlike the evil in mankind, evil found in nature is usually something like a bad snake bite or poison, mainly found in the wild.

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Exposition: A brush house village situated on the coast of the Gulf of California. In one of the brush houses, live Kano, Juana, and their son, Coyotito.

Inciting Incident: While Coyote is in his hanging box, a scorpion climbs down and stings him in his shoulder.

Rising Action: People start to become greedy for Kino's "pearl of the world" and attacking Kino for the pearl.

Climax: Then, while running away from the trackers, Kino devised a strategy to kill the trackers. While Kino was hiding in a bush, Coyotito cried in the cave they were staying in. The trackers, thinking it was a baby coyote, shot and kill Coyotito. After that happened, Kino killed all 3 of the trackers and stole one of their rifles.

Falling Action: They start walking back to the village/town after Coyotito dies from the gunshot.

Conclusion: Being tired of the curses the pearl brings to Kino and Juana, they decide to throw the pearl back into the sea.

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Personification: "The wind screamed over the Gulf."

Metaphor: "Her dark eyes made little reflected stars"
Alliteration: "Cooking corn cakes..."
Simile: "Kino edged like a slow lizard down the smooth shoulder."

Hyperbole: "Kino found the pearl of the world."

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Internal: An internal conflict that was challenged in the story was Kino's greed for the Pearl. It is an internal conflict because it is Kino's greed over the condition of his family. When the story first started and Kino didn't have the pearl, the family's life was peaceful. It was when Kino got the pearl that the family's life went downhill. The greed that Kino had for the pearl eventually led to

External: An external conflict that was challenged in the story was the town's discrimination against Kino's race. This type of conflict is known as Man vs. Society. This conflict can be demonstrated by the doctor's attitude toward Kino in the 1st chapter of the story. The doctor says, "Have I nothing better to do than cure insect bites for 'little Indians'? I am a doctor, not a veterinary." This describes the discrimination that the doctor and society put out against Kino's race by calling Kino's race (Mexican) animals.