The main protagonist, Kino, wakes up to the crowing of roosters and the crashing of the beach waves. His wife, Juana, had woken up moments before to greet him with shimmering eyes. Their son, Coyotito, was still sound asleep in his hanging cradle. Kino listens to his surroundings to create a mental song, a skill used by the ancients of his people with whatever they had heard. The family had all woken up, eaten breakfast, and started the day. The ropes that suspended Coyotito’s cradle also let in cracks of sunlight. One of which had let in a dangerous scorpion, the scorpion had slowly crawled down the rope to Coyotito. As the scorpion makes its way to Coyotito’s crib, Juana and Kino have the ultimate decision to make, pray or act. Juana chooses to pray against the dangerous scorpion, while Kino slowly approaches the cradle. Kino fails to catch the scorpion as it lands on and strikes Coyotito. His screams had caught the attention of fellow neighbors, Juana called for the neighbors to get the doctor, which surprised Kino. As the doctor refused to make a visit, Kino and Juana made their way to the doctor’s citadel. The doctor …show more content…
Their reason was simple: Kino had found the ‘Pearl of the World”. Kino looks deep into the pearl to see the glories and bright future for him and his family: he properly weds Juana, sends Coyotito to a good school, and lives a successful life. The doctor accepts to treating Coyotito, which gives the couple some worry. Kino repeatedly buries and unearths the pearl which gives Juana some concern. Later Kino sees a person near his hut, assumes it is a thief, attacks, and fails to catch the entity. Juana pleads for Kino to get rid of the pearl, he talks her into relief and assurance that he will sell the pearl. Kino arrives at a pearl dealer’s store, only to be told that the pearl is only worth a small
Paragraph One The book starts off with the crew and their Captain Marlow on the boat called Nellie, They are very civil and play board games to pass time. Once you go farther down the river the people turn to savages and they kill people for fun. These people lived in the Jungle for their lives and have gone insane, Not people you want to talk to. “Sandbanks, marshes, forests, savages,—precious little to eat fit for a civilized man, nothing but Thames water to drink.”
What We Did... On October 22, Christine and I reviewed her two-part homework assignment. First, she was asked to write her own sentence for five terms from the Scorpion book (chapter 21). Second, Christine wrote a response to the following prompt: Which character do you dislike the most and why?
The reason that Kino and Juana went searching for something of value was because Coyotito needed to be healed by the doctor. Once they found the “wonderful” pearl there was no longer a use for it. Juana’s seaweed cure had worked and now there was no need for the pearl. Kino only wanted to use it for things that weren’t necessary such as a wedding with Juana, with whom he was already married, and a rifle which he didn’t
Someone is not exactly liking the way that things have turned out, Juana. At one point she tried to throw away the pearl but got stopped by Kino. Kino ended up hitting her and knocking her to the ground. Juana could not believe that the pearl had made him do such a thing. She had no idea that an object like that could change a man, showing off his greed, “All the time Juana had been trying to rescue something of the old peace, of the time before the pearl.”
In comparison to what happened to Kino in the novel is that once he found the pearl he had become the enemy of everyone. For example like the doctor at first he didn’t want to attend Kino because they were poor and had nothing to offer. But once the news got out that he had the pearl of the world he became interested. Both Kino’s and Callie’s fortune have brought people
After giving up hope on a marriage, Kino was finally able to see his rich marriage in a church with his wife, Juana and child, Coyotito. Kino heard the sounds of Coyotito studying and reading his books, making him feel happy for Coyotito to have a life he did not. Kino saw how his family was dressed in new skirts, instead of old shawls and he imagined himself with a
Dialectical Journal Entry #1 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Passage: “But I’m a different breed of man, Mariam. Where I come from, one wrong look, one improper word, and blood is spilled. Where I come from, a woman’s face is her husband’s business only. I want you to remember that.
One simple pearl can ruin many lives. There are only good and bad things in the book. The theme in John Steinbeck's book, The Pearl illustrates how good and evil affect the plot, how Steinbeck prompts good and evil, and how good can turn into bad. In the book, good and evil can affect the plot of the story. For example, Kino was very intimidating at the end of the book, "
I think that Kino was so persistent to keep the pearl because he knew that with it, he would be able to send Coyotito to school and have a real wedding with Juana. With the pearl Kino felt that he could protect his family. In the end, the pearl ended up tearing apart the very thing he was trying to protect, his family. Similarly, in Of Mice and Men, with George’s strong intent to protect Lennie, he was forced to kill Lennie. Contrasting with Of Mice and Men, I do feel that Coyotito’s death was not necessarily caused by a will to protect, but it was
He always had the pearl in his possession not once was anyone else able to watch over it or really feel it without Kino being present. Juana had to suffer through all of this and put up with him being overly aggressive. Kino killed a man over his pearl because they tried to attack him for the pearl. Juana tried to throw the pearl of the world in the ocean to rid her family of the evil. Kino didn’t like that Juana did that
You wasn't no good. You ain't no good now, you lousy tart’” (Of Mice and Men 95). Similar to this, Kino takes advantage of Juana and attacks her when she was trying to do something to help them both. While trying to throw the pearl back into the ocean, “He leaped at her and caught her arm and wrenched the pearl from her.
Kino is now doing what he needs to do to save the pearl. Juana was about to throw the pearl back into the ocean but Kino didn't not want that to happen so he brutally attacked her in hopes of stopping her from throwing it in the
She was scared of him being killed because of all the evilness around him and the negativity that followed him. Kino was a new man and Juana was still the same women. As they saw the world changed they decided to whether change with it or to stay the same and watch it
These three characters became greedy after each of them wanted to do something different with the pearl. The doctor wanted to keep the pearl in his safe, probably knowing it was valuable. Kino wanted to keep the pearl whether or not it was bringing evil to his family. Finally, the pearl buyer was attempting to convince Kino that the pearl was worthless and they tried getting the pearl for less money than it was actually worth. Overall, three literary devices were used to describe the greediness of three different characters.
So they helped to stand up to the horse. While Snake about this adventure, they went on to Lapice, because Don Quixote thought that there was more adventurer who wait on the there. Furthermore, they have a sharp discussion on pain and complained, while Quixote could not keep the donkey of Sacho silly. Termination of this excerpt inferred that they go to eat lunch