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.

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.

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.

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."

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.