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ELA 8 The Pearl

Directions: Alone, with a partner, or in a group of three, search through chapters one, two, and three and find evidence of
the statement to the left.

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in Chapter one #
that:
Kino and Juana “…looked quickly at Juana’s old Kino and Juana’s clothes are very old.
are indigent. blue skirt, saw the tears in her They are torn, and faded from years 700
shawl…read the thousand washings of use. If Kino and Juana were not
of Kino’s clothes, and set them down poor, they would certainly have
as poverty people…” clothes of better quality.
Juana is good
mother.

The Doctor is
incompetent.
700

Kino has trouble

controlling his 698
emotions. or
 702

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in Chapter two #
that:
Kino’s canoe is a
valuable asset.

When Kino finds

the pearl, it is a
symbol of good.

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in Chapter three #
that:
The news of the
pearl being found
brings out the worst
in the townspeople.
Steinbeck uses
descriptions in
nature as 711
foreshadowing.
The pearl has
brought evil into
their lives.

Juana is good “But Juana had the baby in her arms Juana is a good mother because she
mother. now. She put her lips down over the puts the welfare of her baby before
puncturwound and sucked hard and anything else. She sucks the poison
spat and sucked again” (698). out of his body, without regard for
her own safety. She asks her
“She looked up at him, her eyes as husband to get the doctor without
cold as the eyes of a lioness, This regard for how the neighbors or
was Juana’s first child-this was anyone else will feel, and she uses
nearly everything there was in her own knowledge of Indian
Juana’s world…” (699). medicine to try and relieve her
son’s pain. Because she always puts
“She gathered some brown the welfare of her child before
seaweed, and made a damp poultice anything else… Juana is a good
of it and applied it to the babies mother.
shoulder” (703).

The Doctor is “They knew his ignorance, his If the doctor was competent, then
incompetent. clumsy operations…they saw his his operations would not be clumsy,
corpses go into the church” (700). and so many of his patients would 700
Adjective
Not having the
not die. In addition to this, a doctor
Necessary skills to do “The Dr. has gone out” (701). is effective because he takes an oath
something
successfully. to help those in need. By denying
Devoid of those “Then from his bag he took a little Coyotito care because he couldn’t
Qualities requisite bag of white powder. He asked for pay, and purposely making him sick
for effective water, mixed it with three drops of so that he can get paid for a “cure,”
conduct or action.
ammonia, and opened the babies the doctor is proving that he is
mouth” (712). using his professional knowledge
and position in an extremely
unethical manner. This makes the
doctor incompetent.
Kino has trouble
controlling his 698
emotions. or
702

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evidence in #
Chapter two
that:
Kino’s canoe is a
valuable asset.

When Kino finds

the pearl, it is a
symbol of good.

Find me Evidence Explanation of answer Page

 evidence in #

Chapter three
that:
The news of the
pearl being found
brings out the
worst in the
townspeople.
Steinbeck uses
descriptions in
nature as 711
foreshadowing.
The pearl has
brought evil into
their lives.