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.

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."

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.