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The setting in "The Pearl" is they lived in a small coastal village house. The house was made out of brush and it was also in a small village. The house was near the ocean. Since they had a canoe they would be in the ocean sometimes for finding pearls or fishing because they lived near the ocean. Throughout the book there is a rich side of town and a poor side of town where they are half of the time. In the story it states " Outside the brush house in the tuna clump, a covey a little birds chittered and flurried with their wings." This shows what type of house their house was made out of.

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Selfish and greediness can lead you to do unspeakable things without thinking.Kino was selfish to only think about the pearl and ended up putting his loved ones in danger. Without thinking straight he got attacked multiple times and still wanted to keep the pearl after his wife said no but he didn't care. He became so obsessed with the pearl and didn't know what would happen to the other people in his life and what would happen to himself. The reader learned from Kino story is that greed and obsession can lead to consequences. The selfishness you could end up hurting someone you love or even yourself. This lesson could apply to modern-day audiences, where people would try to chase for money and success etc. The story reminds us to be mindful and prioritize our loved ones.

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1. Onomatopoeia

"Kino heard the creak of the rope..."

2. Onomatopoeia

"Kino sighed with satisfaction-and that was a conversation.

3. Simile

"It was as large as a sea-gull's egg."

4. Simile

"In the canoe, Juana was like a strong man."

5. Personification

"The glaring sun threw the bunched shadows of people blackly on the white wall."

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Kino represents the dangers of ambition and greed.The town symbolizes the wickedness of the higher social status that oppresses the indigenous people like Kino. The oysters symbolize potential and hope, as well as random chance.The doctor symbolizes and embodies the colonists', greed,towards the natives.

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Exposition

In the beginning it introduces the character Kino, Juana, and Coyotito. That Kino is a pearl catcher, Juana is the wife and Coyotito is the baby. We learn where they live like they lived in a brush house in a small village. We also learn one day when they were outside Coyotito gets stunged by a scorpion and how are they able to get money and treat the baby. This is when his journey starts to go look for the pearl.

Rising action

When they went to go find pearls Kino finds a big one and opens it and finds the big pearl. Which he thinks is going to make them rich and have a better future for his family. He hopes to give Coyotito education and that he is able to go to school and learn. He also wants a marriage ceremony for him and Juana cause he hasn't got a proper marriage yet. Once they found the pearl the news spread quickly about how he found the pearl. Now there are a lot of eyes on Kino because people want that pearl for themselves and he knows they want to steal the pearl. They ran away from the village and hide because they know there are trackers coming for them.

Climax

When the trackers were coming for them they heard Coyotito cry but they said that it was a coyote. They said if they shot it. It would stop crying but the shot the baby Coyotito.

Falling action

When the baby passed away Coyotito . They came back to the village. The people didn't say anything because they noticed the baby was dead in Juana shawl.

Conclusion

When they came back to the village they threw the pearl back to the sea because of how evil the pearl was.

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1. Dramatic irony

When Kino went to sell the pearl he noticed that the buyer was really looking at the pearl and he understood that he could get a way better price and he was being cheated. In the story it states "The Pearl buyer's eyes squinted a little, and they looked at the pearl in their hands and then glanced quickly at each other."

2. Situational irony

Kino's dream was to have a better future for his son through the pearl because if they sold it they would be rich, he wanted to send him to school and to see him learning. In the story it states "And in the pearl he saw Coyotito sitting at a little desk in a school, just as Kino had once seen it in his dream."

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Juana

At the beginning of the story she was a supportive obedient wife that took care of the family and wanted the family to have a good future. But as the story keeps going on and they got the pearl she doesn't like the pearl because it brings bad luck or evil to the family. She tries to protect the family by letting the pearl go away and get rid of the evil. At the end of the story she supports Kino and throws the pearl back into the ocean. In the story it states,"She was like a strong man."

Kino

At the beginning of the story he was just a father working hard to keep food on his family's table, A nice warmhearted man. Later on after he found the pearl he took advantage and a risk to keep his son alive after getting bit by a scorpion. It was like an addiction to keep the pearl and trying hard not to let it be stolen and get a good price out of it. He was putting the pearl first and not his family. It seemed as though the pearl was the only thing he wanted. He used to have a good heart but then when he found the pearl, his heart turned ugly.

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In "The Pearl" Kino faced an internal conflict which is the pearl because in his mind he thought it would give them a better life and he also was thinking he might accidentally lose it. The external conflict is when he got attacked by other because they wanted to steal the pearl and this happened with another character. The nature of each type of conflict is in the internal conflict its with his emotions and whats he's thinking. For the external is other people try to steal his pearl and the family was in danger.