The Pearl by John Steinbeck
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What genre is The Pearl by John Steinbeck considered?
What genre is The Pearl by John Steinbeck considered?
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What does the use of third-person omniscient point of view allow the author to emphasize?
What does the use of third-person omniscient point of view allow the author to emphasize?
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"The servant from the gate came to the open door and stood waiting to be noticed. 'Yes?' the doctor asked. 'It is a little Indian with a baby. He says a scorpion stung it.' The doctor put his cup down gently before he let his anger rise. 'Have I nothing better to do than cure insect bites for 'little Indians'? I am a doctor, not a veterinary.' 'Yes, Patron,' said the servant. 'Has he any money?' the doctor demanded. 'No, they never have any money. I, I alone in the world am supposed to work for nothing - and I am tired of it. See if he has any money!' At the gate the servant opened the door a trifle and looked out at the waiting people. And this time he spoke in the old language. 'Have you money to pay for the treatment?' Now Kino reached into a secret place somewhere under his blanket. He brought out a paper folded many times. Crease by crease he unfolded it, until at last there came to view eight small misshapen seed pearls, as ugly and gray as little ulcers, flattened and almost valueless. The servant took the paper and closed the gate again, but this time he was not gone long. He opened the gate just wide enough to pass the paper back. 'The doctor has gone out,' he said. 'He was called to a serious case.' And he shut the gate quickly out of shame" (11). What theme is best represented at the beginning of the story with the interaction between the servant and the doctor?
"The servant from the gate came to the open door and stood waiting to be noticed. 'Yes?' the doctor asked. 'It is a little Indian with a baby. He says a scorpion stung it.' The doctor put his cup down gently before he let his anger rise. 'Have I nothing better to do than cure insect bites for 'little Indians'? I am a doctor, not a veterinary.' 'Yes, Patron,' said the servant. 'Has he any money?' the doctor demanded. 'No, they never have any money. I, I alone in the world am supposed to work for nothing - and I am tired of it. See if he has any money!' At the gate the servant opened the door a trifle and looked out at the waiting people. And this time he spoke in the old language. 'Have you money to pay for the treatment?' Now Kino reached into a secret place somewhere under his blanket. He brought out a paper folded many times. Crease by crease he unfolded it, until at last there came to view eight small misshapen seed pearls, as ugly and gray as little ulcers, flattened and almost valueless. The servant took the paper and closed the gate again, but this time he was not gone long. He opened the gate just wide enough to pass the paper back. 'The doctor has gone out,' he said. 'He was called to a serious case.' And he shut the gate quickly out of shame" (11). What theme is best represented at the beginning of the story with the interaction between the servant and the doctor?
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"The news stirred up something infinitely black and evil in the town; the black distillate was like the scorpion, or like hunger in the smell of food, or like loneliness when love is withheld. The poison sacs of the town began to manufacture venom, and the town swelled and puffed with the pressure of it" (23). John's Stenbeck's use of metaphorical language -
"The news stirred up something infinitely black and evil in the town; the black distillate was like the scorpion, or like hunger in the smell of food, or like loneliness when love is withheld. The poison sacs of the town began to manufacture venom, and the town swelled and puffed with the pressure of it" (23). John's Stenbeck's use of metaphorical language -
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"The essence of pearl mixed with essence of men and a curious dark residue was precipitated. Every man suddenly became related to Kino's pearl, and Kino's pearl went into the dreams, the speculations, the schemes, the plans, the futures, the wishes, the needs, the lusts, the hungers, of everyone, and only one person stood in the way and that was Kino, so that he became curiously every man's enemy" (23). How does the author's use of language help develop another theme in the previous quote?
"The essence of pearl mixed with essence of men and a curious dark residue was precipitated. Every man suddenly became related to Kino's pearl, and Kino's pearl went into the dreams, the speculations, the schemes, the plans, the futures, the wishes, the needs, the lusts, the hungers, of everyone, and only one person stood in the way and that was Kino, so that he became curiously every man's enemy" (23). How does the author's use of language help develop another theme in the previous quote?
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"In Kino's head there was a song now, clear and soft, and if he had been able to speak of it, he would have called it the Song of the Family" (2)."In his mind a new song had come, the Song of Evil, the music of the enemy, of any foe of the family, a savage, secret, dangerous melody, and underneath, the Song of the Family cried plaintively" (5). "...and this was the Song of the Pearl That Might Be" (17).John Steinbeck uses Kino's songs to represent-
"In Kino's head there was a song now, clear and soft, and if he had been able to speak of it, he would have called it the Song of the Family" (2).
"In his mind a new song had come, the Song of Evil, the music of the enemy, of any foe of the family, a savage, secret, dangerous melody, and underneath, the Song of the Family cried plaintively" (5).
"...and this was the Song of the Pearl That Might Be" (17).
John Steinbeck uses Kino's songs to represent-
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The pearl is a metaphor for
The pearl is a metaphor for
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Kino's canoe represents--
Kino's canoe represents--
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"Kino awakened in the near dark. The stars still shone and the day had drawn only a pale wash of light in the lower sky to the east. The roosters had been crowing for some time, and the early pigs were already beginning their ceaseless turning of twigs and bits of wood to see whether anything to eat had been overlooked. Outside the brush house in the tuna clump, a covey of little birds chittered and flurried with their wings. Kino's eyes opened, and he looked first at the lightening square which was the door and then he looked at the hanging box where Coyotito slept. And last he turned his head to Juana, his wife, who lay beside him on the mat, her blue head-shawl over her nose and over her breasts and around the small of her back. Juana's eyes were open too. Kino could never remember seeing them closed when he awakened. Her dark eyes made little reflected stars. She was looking at him as she was always looking at him when he awakened" (1).What mood is created through the author's use of language at the very beginning of the story?
"Kino awakened in the near dark. The stars still shone and the day had drawn only a pale wash of light in the lower sky to the east. The roosters had been crowing for some time, and the early pigs were already beginning their ceaseless turning of twigs and bits of wood to see whether anything to eat had been overlooked. Outside the brush house in the tuna clump, a covey of little birds chittered and flurried with their wings. Kino's eyes opened, and he looked first at the lightening square which was the door and then he looked at the hanging box where Coyotito slept. And last he turned his head to Juana, his wife, who lay beside him on the mat, her blue head-shawl over her nose and over her breasts and around the small of her back. Juana's eyes were open too. Kino could never remember seeing them closed when he awakened. Her dark eyes made little reflected stars. She was looking at him as she was always looking at him when he awakened" (1).
What mood is created through the author's use of language at the very beginning of the story?
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Read the following quotes: "A town is a thing like a colonial animal. A town has a nervous system and a head and shoulders and feet. A town is a thing separate from all other towns, so that there are no two towns alike. And a town has a whole emotion" (21). "It is wonderful the way a little town keeps track of itself and of all its units. If every single man and woman, child and baby, acts and conducts itself in a known pattern and breaks no walls and differs with no one and experiments in no way and is not sick and does not endanger the ease and peace of mind or steady unbroken flow of the town, then that unit can disappear and never be heard of. But let one man step out of the regular thought or the known and trusted pattern, and the nerves of the townspeople ring with nervousness and communication travels over the nerve lines of the town. Then every unit communicates to the whole" (41). "For the town closed itself in against the night, and anyone who moved about in the darkness would be noticeable" (68).John Steinbeck's use of metaphorical language about the town helps the reader see that-
Read the following quotes:
"A town is a thing like a colonial animal. A town has a nervous system and a head and shoulders and feet. A town is a thing separate from all other towns, so that there are no two towns alike. And a town has a whole emotion" (21).
"It is wonderful the way a little town keeps track of itself and of all its units. If every single man and woman, child and baby, acts and conducts itself in a known pattern and breaks no walls and differs with no one and experiments in no way and is not sick and does not endanger the ease and peace of mind or steady unbroken flow of the town, then that unit can disappear and never be heard of. But let one man step out of the regular thought or the known and trusted pattern, and the nerves of the townspeople ring with nervousness and communication travels over the nerve lines of the town. Then every unit communicates to the whole" (41).
"For the town closed itself in against the night, and anyone who moved about in the darkness would be noticeable" (68).
John Steinbeck's use of metaphorical language about the town helps the reader see that-