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The Pearl: Evil
Scorpion: The source of the conflicts
Grandpa's canoe: His canoe represents his culture and tradition

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Where do they live?
They live in La Paz Mexico.
Chapter 3: "In the afternoon, when the sun had gone over the mountains of the Peninsula to sink in the outward sea..."

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Exposition:
-We meet Juana, Kino, and Coyotito.
-La Paz, Mexico 1900's.

Inciting Incident:
-Coyotito gets stung by the scorpion

Rising Action:
-Kino finds "The great Pearl"
-Kinos house catches fire
-The tracers were after Kinos family for killing someone.
-The pearl buyer cheated Kino so he went to get
Climax:
-Coyotito dies
-Kino kills someone that was attacking him.

Falling Action:
-Kino and Juana walk back to and through the town side by side, grieving the death of Coyotito

Resolution:
Kino and Juana throw the  pearl back into the ocean.

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"1. Chapter 3: "A town is like a colonial animal." (Simile)
He uses the figurative language to explain how a town works.
2. Chapter 2: "Perfect as the moon"
(Simile)
He uses this figurative language to explain how perfect the pearl is
3. Chapter 2: "The sea in anger and the sea in calm." (Personification)
The author is explaining to us how the waves/songs sound
4. Chapter 3: "And the music of the pearl rose like a chorus of trumpets in his ears." (Simile)
He uses this figurative language to explain how amazing the "music" was to have the pearl
5. Chapter 1: "A thin, timid dog..."
This figurative language tells readers how poor the town is.
(Alliteration)

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Self: Kino has internal conflicted because he is beginning to be cold, violent, and selfish.

External: The pearl dealers were trying to "cheat" him by giving him an unfair price.

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And when Juana awakened, when the sun was high, Kino told her things she already knew. (situational)
Chapter 6: "And the evils of the night were about them." (Dramatic)

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1. Chapter 6: "Do you think they will try to find us?"
2. Chapter 5: "She paused for a moment beside the hanging box where Coyotito lay..."
3. Chapter 1: "As he came through the door Juana stood up from the glowing fire pit."

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Readers can learn that greed is not good. In the story, Kino finds the pearl and becomes attached to it. He believes it is the most valuable pearl in the world but all the pearl does is bring evil to him and his family. In the modern world, it is bad to be greedy. It makes you selfish and mean. The story can teach readers not to be greedy.

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Kino:  Chapter 5 "I am a man."
Characteristics: Fisherman, Mexican Indian. At the beginning of the story, Kino is nice and calm but after he finds the pearl, he turns into a greedy, dangerous, selfish man.
Juana:  Chapter 1 "Kino had wondered often about the iron in his fragile, patient wife."
Characteristics: She's a devoted mother, Fisherman's wife, Mexican Indian, patient, and fragile. In the beginning she was fragile and not that tough and towards the end she was tough and she had been through a lot.