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The Pearl

The Pearl. Guided Questions. What is a parable ?. A story or short narrative designed to reveal a moral lesson. Define epigraph : . An epigraph is a quotation at the beginning of a poem, short story, book chapter, or other piece of literature . What is irony ?. What is paradox ?.

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The Pearl

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  1. The Pearl Guided Questions

  2. What is a parable? • A story or short narrative designed to reveal a moral lesson

  3. Define epigraph: • An epigraph is a quotation at the beginning of a poem, short story, book chapter, or other piece of literature .

  4. What is irony?

  5. What is paradox?

  6. 1. Characterization. How does Steinbeck characterize each of the following: • Kino – protagonist, husband/father • Strong • Young • Fierce • Black hair, bright eyes, brown skin Chapter 1

  7. 1. Characterization (cont) • Juana – wife/mother • Strong • Obedient • Respectful • Patient • Tough Chapter 1

  8. 1. Characterization (cont) • Doctor • treats only wealthy • Dishonest • greedy • is of a race that has robbed Kino’s people for nearly 400 years Chapter 1

  9. 2. Describe 2 songs heard in this chapter by Kino? What is the purpose of the songs in The Pearl? • Song of the Family – heard by Kino • Sign that all is well in the family • peace, contentment, comfort • Song of Evil – heard by Kino • Sign that something bad is happening • Heard when scorpion is going after Coyotito • Purpose: reflective of what is happening in Kino’s life Chapter 1

  10. 3.Describe the setting. What does El Paz mean? Why is this significant? • Setting: • Place: Mexican coastal village (La Paz) probably on the Baja Peninsula • Time: unclear – maybe late 1800s/early 1900’s? • El Paz – the peace • Significance – initially, Kino and his family’s life is peaceful Chapter 1

  11. 4. What happens to Coyotito? What do Kino and Juana do? • Coyotito is stung by a scorpion Kino – kills the scorpion Juana – sucks out the poison Chapter 1

  12. 5. How do the people in town (including the doctor) treat Kino’s race? Find a quote and copy it to show this. • The wealthier townspeople treat Kino and other villagers as inferior • The beggars in town know everyone and everything that is going on in town Chapter 1

  13. 6. How does the doctor react to Kino’s offer of seed pearls as payment? • Says he is not a veterinarian (implies Kino is an animal) • Refuses to treat Coyotito • Lies and says he has been called away to other business Chapter 1

  14. 7. On page 14, how do Kino’s people feel about sight? • Vision cannot be trusted to reveal the truth (“don’t believe your eyes”) • People put stock in spirit and imagination to see Chapter 2

  15. 8. Why is the canoe so important to Kino? • The natives (like Kino) depend on these canoes for survival – pearl diving • Handed down from generation to generation – symbol of ancestors • Source of food and income (pearls) • Kino (and other natives) take excellent care of their canoes Chapter 2

  16. 9. What does Juana do to help the baby? Does it work? • Makes a remedy of seaweed: does it lack power because it doesn’t cost anything and is simple? • Prays to her native god and to the Christian God (caught between cultures) that they will find a good pearl  wants doctor to treat the baby • They do find a good pearl Chapter 2

  17. 10. How does Kino show Need vs. Greed? • Needs to find pearl so Coyotito can be treated by the doctor • Greed: other desires that would be provided by the pearl • Clothes • Gun • Education for Coyotito Chapter 2

  18. 11. What is the general feeling or TONE of this chapter? • Hope • Song of the Pearl that Might Be – sings within Kino Hope before the shell is opened: “It is not good to want a thing too much” (Steinbeck 18). • Apprehension (uneasiness or concern) • Pearls are accidents, finding them is luck Chapter 2

  19. 12. What happens with the Priest? What does that say about religion in this culture? • The priest asks Kino whether he and Juana have been married - wants money from Kino • Religion is for the wealthy/privileged – focus on money Chapter 3

  20. 13. How does the town feel about Kino? Find a quote for support. • All look for how they can benefit financically • Priest wonders whether Kino’s baby has been baptized  he can get $ from Kino • Shopkeepers imagine Kino buying clothing • Doctor grows stern and says that Kino is a client – he is treating his child – LIE – the doctor imagines himself in Paris opening a bottle of wine • “stirred up evil in the town”; “like hunger in the smell of food” Chapter 3

  21. 14. What will Kino do with the money? • Treatment • Education for Coyotito • Buy: • Harpoon • rifle • Wants Juana and Kino to marry in the church Chapter 3

  22. 15. Power: Where does the Pearl’s power come from? • How much others want it – GREED • Will this anger God? Is Kino trying to change “the way things are” • “God keep us from such things. Yes, God punished Kino because he rebelled against the way things are” (Steinbeck 26). • Putting too much faith in the pearl Chapter 3

  23. 16. Look at page 30. How is Kino a victim of his own ignorance? • Kino is at the mercy of the educated doctor; trapped by ignorance • Doctor returns and says Coyotito may not be out of the woods • The doctor gives Coyotito “medicine” • Doctor taking advantage of the “weak” Chapter 3

  24. 17. Why is it important that Coyotito goes to school? • So he won’t be a victim of ignorance • Prey to predators who are much larger (or smarter) • And the night mice crept about on the ground and the little night hawks hunted them silently” (Steinbeck 33). Chapter 3

  25. 18. Why do the pearl buyers have no interest in Kino’s pearl? • They are trying to cheat him; they all work for the same boss • One says it is like fool’s gold • One says it is too large to sell • One says maybe a museum will buy it Chapter 4

  26. 19. List at least two symbols and describe what they represent. Chapter 4

  27. 20. Find a quote that shows the Social Class Struggle (inequality): • “He had lost one world and not gained another” = Kino has left his old life because he found the pearl, but he has not entered into the privileged life of the wealthy Chapter 4

  28. 21. What does Juana try to do in this chapter? Chapter 5

  29. 22. Summarize what ends up happening. Chapter 5

  30. 23. What does this chapter suggest about the balance of the world? Or the balance of good and evil? Chapter 6

  31. 24. Describe what happens at the end of the book? Chapter 6

  32. 25. What is ironic about the ending? Chapter 6

  33. 26. List any nature or animal imagery: Chapter 6

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