My sumptuous padlet by Carlos Rivera

Theme

carlosrivera27 — 2023-12-12 14:44:19 UTC

The theme theme is a cautionary parable warning of the dangers of greed and ambition. in the story this develops because when kino had the pearl he wanted money money and put the pearl first he even killed people because of it.

Character Development

gabrielvelez5 — 2023-12-12 14:49:09 UTC

Kino's Character development had changed throughout the novel and the events that contribute to this is when Kino had hit and kicked his wife injuring her. This had happened due to Kino's obsession for the pearl.

Juana supported Kino by the way she loved him and the way she was trying to help him with the pearl even when Kino had done bad things.

Irony

carlosrivera27 — 2023-12-13 17:57:08 UTC

dramatic iorny in the pearl is Kino doesn't understand what the dealer's intentions really are when he tells Kino that the pearl is like fool;s gold and is too large

situational irony is When Kino finds the pearl he expects his life to drastically improve however it dramatically gets worse and they are hunted like animals.

Setting

gabrielvelez5 — 2023-12-13 18:03:21 UTC

The story's setting contributes to the atmosphere and mood because in "The Pearl" the setting foreshadowed the coming of something bad when the desert was described giving a dark atmosphere and a suspenseful mood.

conflict

carlosrivera27 — 2023-12-13 18:03:53 UTC

After finding a magnificent pearl, Kino seeks to sell it to acquire wealth. He wishes for his son's wound to heal, and for his son to obtain an education and become an equal to the European colonists who keep his people in a state of ignorance and poverty.

Character relationship

carlosrivera27 — 2023-12-15 14:23:59 UTC

Kino and Juana have a seemingly healthy and happy marriage, regardless of their poverty. the pearl changed kino and he started hitting juana.

Plot

carlosrivera27 — 2023-12-15 14:26:51 UTC

a Mexican Indian pearl diver named Kino who finds a valuable pearl and is transformed by the evil it attracts. Kino sees the pearl as his opportunity for a better life. When the townsfolk of La Paz learn of Kino's find, he is immediately set upon by a greedy priest, a doctor, and businessmen

social commentary

carlosrivera27 — 2023-12-15 14:30:01 UTC

Kino finds a great pearl that, hopefully, should bring happiness to his family, but instead the pearl brings the destruction of all he loves. Steinbeck shows the theme that materialism and greed can lead to immoral behavior through the characters of the priest, the doctor, and Kino.

symbolism

xavierquirindongo — 2023-12-15 14:32:45 UTC

, the meaning of the pearl itself—the novella’s central symbol—is never explicitly defined. Nevertheless, though the nature of the pearl’s symbolism is left to each reader’s interpretation, this symbolism seems to shift over the course of the work. At first, the pearl represents a stroke of divine providence. Kino’s people have a prophecy about a great “Pearl That Might Be,” a perfect pearl that exists as a perfect possibility. Kino and Juana’s discovery of the pearl seems to fulfill this prophecy, and it fills them with hope for Coyotito’s future and for the possibility of a life free from the shackles of colonial oppression. The discovery of the pearl seems a happy accident, one that counterbalances the tragic accident of Coyotito’s scorpion sting.

Figurative Language

carlosrivera27 — 2023-12-15 14:40:09 UTC

Coyotito's name means 'little coyote,' which foreshadows him being mistaken for a coyote and shot at.

The tale of the ''pearl that might be'' foretells Kino's finding the great pearl.

The scorpion biting Coyotito foreshadows the attack on innocence that the pearl will bring.

Author craft

carlosrivera27 — 2023-12-15 14:42:07 UTC

Though the pearl was a miracle, it soon converts Kino into an animal to a machine. John Steinbeck, the author, dehumanizes Kino using figurative language. Steinbeck first uses figurative language when Kino is compared to animals to show how he begins to lose his humanity.

Personal Reflection

carlosrivera27 — 2023-12-15 14:44:09 UTC

In a way, Kino's desire to use the pearl to improve his life echoes the traditional narrative of the American dream. He attempts to transform hard work into material wealth, and material wealth into education, comfort, and familial advancement.

cultural context

xavierquirindongo — 2023-12-15 14:51:39 UTC

Kino's people are poor and oppressed. Though this is the land of their ancestors, political and economic power has long since been taken away from them by Spanish colonialists, who thought they were superior to the indigenous people.