Wednesday, October 21, 2009
The Pearl
I think that in Kino the pearl brings out comfort and knowing that his family is going to be okay. He thinks the pearl is the greatest thing that could have possibly happened. When Juana thinks of the pearl she thinks of evil. She thinks the pearl has brought evil to the family and it should be thrown back into the ocean. The pearl brings jealousy to the neighbors. They think that they should have gotten the pearl and wonder how such a great gift could have been given to Kino. The doctor feels hatred and greed because he thinks he should have gotten the pearl and will do anything to get it. The priest feels curious if Kino is going to give thanks to the gods for granting him this pearl. He feels that Kino should give more time giving thanks then thinking of everything possible that he could buy with the pearl. The townspeople just feel jealous at how someone so poor could find something so great. I think that the pearl really brings a different characteristic in everyone, and everyone thinks different of it.
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I really like your ideas about the symbolism Meghan. I would have never thought of the pearl being a sign of comfort to Kino; I thought it was just a sign of greed, but you are definately right because he became very relaxed after finding the pearl and thinking of its riches.
ReplyDeleteWow, your writing is really amazing! Great blog. I like the part about what the pearl did to Kino. It's just another side of the story then we're all seeing...
ReplyDeleteWow! This was really good! It wasn't too long, but it wasn't too short, either. I got a good idea of the characters, and you gave me new thoughts about the characteristics the pearl brought out of the characters. I never thought about Kino that way. Great job. :)
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