Daniel Christian School

The Pearl

Jedi Benítez

Mr: Carlos Chinchilla

Literature

12/17/2019

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 Introduction

The Pearl is a book written by John Steinbeck in 1944. This book is more about the
bad luck in my opinion. Kino (the main character of the story) and his family are
poor, when they got their son bitten by a scorpion, they didn’t have the economic
resources to take the son to the doctor, when kino finds “The Pearl” they thought
their life would change in that moment, but It changed in the bad way. That way
the writer uses that to make us see that the money doesn’t always help in the
good way, it may be and attraction for many other bad situations.
Using the point of view of a poor man,

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 Plot
Coyotito is stung by a scorpion and kino and Juana took him to a a doctor who
didn’t want to help him because they were poor, kino went to the diving to look
for pearls an in that way take coyotito to the doctor, when kino was in the bottom
looking for pearls Juana was praying for a big Pearl,

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 Glossary
1. Hollowly: having a depression or concavity:
2. Whirled: to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly
3. Peered: to come into view.
4. Goading: anything that pricks or wounds like such a stick.
5. Whined: to snivel or complain in a peevish, self-pitying way
6. Sluggishly: slow to act or respond
7. Oozed: to move or pass slowly or gradually, as if through a small opening or
passage
8. Spurned: to treat with contempt; despise.
9. Beggars: a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
10. Hammock: a hanging bed or couch made of canvas, netted cord, or
the like, with cords attached to supports at each end.
11. Estuary: an arm or inlet of the sea at the lower end of a river.
12. Bidding: command; summons; invitation
13. Sprang: a simple past tense of spring.
14. Nodded: to make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the
head, as in assent, greeting, or command.
15. Throbbed: to feel or exhibit emotion.
16. Deftly: dexterous; nimble; skillful; clever.
17.Hazy: characterized by the presence of haze; misty:
18.Triumph: the act, fact, or condition of being victorious or triumphant;
victory; conquest.
19.Seaweed: any plant or plants growing in the ocean.
20.Crease: a wrinkle, especially one on the face.

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 Character List
Kino: Is the main character of the story, he is a poor man with family, he
becomes ambitious an violent in order to survive against the trackers
after finding the Pearl.

Juana: Kino’s wife, she is an believer in a greater power, she first supported
kino’s idea of holding on of the Pearl.

Coyotito: First and only son of kino and Juana, he is stung by a scorpion, he is
only and infant, the family is poor so they can’t pay a doctor to save him.

Juan Tomás: Kino’s older brother, he is very unite with the family, he supported
kino.

Apolonia: Juan Thomas wife, she supported kino’s family by giving them shelter.
The Doctor: The doctor of the village, who didn’t want to help kino’s son
because he was poor, then he changed his mind after knowing kino found the
pearl.

The Priest: The priest of the village, that try to have persuade kino to give him
some of the money that he would make from the pearl.

The Dealers: The people who kinos try to sell the pearl, but they wanted to
cheat kino by trying to buy kinos Pearl into a vey low price.

The Trackers: A group of people who followed Kino a his family, in order to
stole the Pearl.

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 Opinion
This is he first novel I had ever read, and was a great experience, I really like the
atmosphere that it creates combining a lot of different emotions. The way that
the writer uses one of a common problem in many families, and it made me think
what would I do in that situation, being that one of the things that I liked the most
of this John Steinbeck novel.

Critic
I don’t have any critics about this novel, one of the things that I didn’t like that
much, was the ending, the way that the “disaster” or the drastic change that the
story took by the death of “coyotito” (Kino’s son), was something that took me by
surprise, but not all the stories have happy endings.

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 The Pearl Covers

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