| The Pearl is about Kino, Juana and Coyotito. They live in La Paz Mexico in a small shack. They live in the lower class of society, and are not wealthy by any means. And though they are content with their lives, Coyotito, Kino's son gets stung by a Scorpion. Kino goes to find the doctor but finds since he is poor the doctor won't see his son. He decides he needs to go pearl diving to find a pearl to sell to the doctor in exchange for medicine. When Kino finds "the pearl of the world" everybody seems to notice, and people take advantage of the situation.
People try to steal the pearl and put his family in danger. After Kino kills a man, he, his wife and his son are forced to leave La Paz. These turn of events that should've brought Kino and his family up in society, actually brings them down and what was supposed to help his son, ends up killing him. | ||
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Plot & Themes Tone of book? - depressed Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's Life of a profession: Ethnic/Regional/Religion Poverty, surviving Yes Kind of living: - general poverty story Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book Job/Profession/Status story Yes Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes Main Character Gender - Male Profession/status: Age: - 20's-30's Ethnicity/Nationality Main Adversary Identity: - society Age: - 40's-50's Profession/status: How sensitive is this character? Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters Setting How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 () The Americas (not US): Yes The Americas: - Mexico Writing Style Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog |
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