Visually A-Pearling - Brandon Jobson

Visually A-Pearling

      This collage of images repressnt the events occurring in The Pearl. 

       I chose the top left picture because it is displaying the book I am reading for this Blog post.

      Second image of the beach is significate to the story because it is where Kino and Juana live with their baby. It looks nice however, it's no where near how the rich citizens live. You can find them located in The in City of Stone and Plaster 

      The part in the story where the baby is stung by the deadly scorpion is shown by the third and the fourth image. This is a big part of The Pearl and this is th main reason Kino goes to look for the pearl.

       The last two images represent Kino takes his canoe to find the pearl to help his child and how he is successful doing so.

 

Pearly Quotes -Cielo Bautista

   

1. "Now the neighbours knew that time would now date from Kino's pearl, and that they would discuss  this moment for many years to come" -Pg 26

• The characters in the book all believed that the pearl would change Kino's life in many ways. But some doubted the pearl and thought that it could bring out the worse in Kino because of his wealth. It explains the different thought if people in their neighbourhood.

2.  "Everyone knew why the doctor why the doctor had come. He was not good at dissembling and he was very well understood" -Pg 32

• Everyone in the neighbourhood knew what the doctor very well. They knew that the doctor helps only the rich people because he gets something in return. So when he heard about the pearl he treated Kino like one of his friends because he was rich. He changed personality for the wealth.

3. “Because they were happy and excited they thought everyone shared their joy” -Pg 23

• In this quote it describes how Kino and Juana saw things differently than what it reality was really like. They thought that everyone thought the same but when something good happens to another person which isn't them, they don’t realize that some people are jealous and upset that it didn’t happen to them.

4. “Kino felt all the warmth and security of his family behind him” -Pg 28

• This quote stood out to me because to me it defines KIno’s strength. According to Kino his family is his support system and that knowing that his family is behind them through everything makes him feel good. It builds and completes his character in the book because of how he cares for them.

5. “He could not take the chance of pitting his certain ignorance against this man’s possible knowledge” -Pg 30

• This quote shows how caring and thoughtful Kino is because he would set aside problems with the doctor in order for Coyotito to be better. Even though he doesn't trust the doctor he knows that the doctor will help them a lot and that he needs to trust him a little even though they had a rough past together.

Connections- Sabrina El-Abry 9-2

   "Kino had found the great Pearl of the World."
     This reminds me of a movie I watched a while back about a guy named Steve. Steve was a runner and he came in first place in a 5k race against about 200 other people. Most of the people running the race were his friends and they became very jealous of him as soon as they found out he got first. Just like in the story, Kino's neighbours envied him when they found out that he found the great pearl. In my experience, it's the worst feeling in the world to have your friends be jealous instead of happy for your achievements. During that time, you begin to stop trusting people and you start isolating yourself from the rest of the world. I think what people need to realize is that jealousy is not the answer. I also believe that all the jealous people in The Pearl are just building hatred towards one another.

Matthew Underwood - Character Commandant 1

1. Pg5, "Kinos breath whistled in his nostrils and he opened his mouth to stop it". This implies that Kino is breathing hard because his baby is in trouble and he is nervous. 2. Pg5, "Under her breath Juana repeated an ancient magic to gaurd against such evil". Juana is singing this song to ward off the evil (the scorpion) and she is trying to stay calm. 3. Pg6, "He threw it down and beat it into the earth floor with his fist". This tells us that Kino is very angry at what the scorpion has done to his baby (Coyotito) and is disapointed in him self. 4. Pg6, "But Juana had the baby in her arms now". Juana is holding the baby comforting him trying to stay calm and find someone to help. 5. Pg11, "I am a doctor, not a veterinary". The doctor was not of Kinos people and did not help Kinos baby, he came from a race where for nearly 400 years, they had beaten and starved and robbed and despised Kinos race.

Beautiful Pearl Art and Literature Supporting the Drawing - Isaiah Heidt 9-2 Illustrator

Beautiful Pearl Art and Literature Supporting the Drawing

I chose to draw this picture of a pearl because the whole book so far has basically been focused on the magical pearl and the good and evil that it brings.

The pearl has brought many good and evil things to Kino and his family here is a list of the good and evil that it has brought.

Good

-Coyotito was able to be helped by the Doctor seeing as they now have payment.

-Kino has money to send his child to school and afford to have a better life for his son  and the rest of his family.

Bad

-The pearl has tempted people like the Doctor to think about stealing it.

-Evil spirits and songs have been constantly in the head of Kino since finding the pearl.

-Kino is now forced to travel the dangerous route to the Capital to try and get a fair trade  for his pearl and not be cheated by the tradesmen.

These are all reasons why the pearl is so important to the story and why i decided to choose this image of a pearl as my symbol to represent the story so far.

Questions Never Asked- Sabrina El-Abry

1. If Kino hadn't found the pearl by the end of chapter 2, what other options would he have to save Coyotito(his son)?
      If Kino really wanted to save his son, he might've sold the canoe to pay the doctor. After that, they might not have any money for food because of how poor they'd become. 

2. How do you think the pearl will affect them from this point?
    Since they've been poor for a long time, they might not know how to react to the drastic change. My guess is they'll be learning a lot from their mistakes in the next few chapters.

3. What kinds of obstacles did Kino and his family have to face in poverty? What obstacles would they face if they were wealthy? 
     Kino and his family might've been worried about what they were going to have for dinner in the evening. Now they might have to control what they spend on.

4. Do you think the story would appeal to a wider range of people if the author had mentioned how Kino and Juana had originally met?
     Yes I definitely think that the story would appeal to a wider range of people because there is a large amount of people that like romance. It might not be a lot more people but it's still more people.

5. How would Coyotito react to his scorpion sting if he was older?
     Coyotito would probably run away from it instead of play with it. He would've had a much higher chance of not getting stung.

Mood Swings -Cielo Bautista

1. "But Juana's eyes were on him and she could not wait"

• This part of the story creates suspense in how Juana’s feeling because her and Kino want to see the pearl so they can get help from the doctor because of Coyotito . The atmosphere in this part is anxious and nerve wrecking for the characters and the readers.

     2.  "This doctor was of a race which for nearly four hundred years had beaten and starved                                                                                                                                          and robbed and despised Kino's race"

• This passage uses decent language to express how the doctor's being racist towards Kino's race. It shows that Kino’s race has been treated poorly and unequal in their place.  Because of the situation it makes the character feel angry and mad.

    3."They knew his ignorance, his cruelty, his his avarice, his appetites, his sins."

• The section shows what Kino's impression of the doctor from past experiences. He doesn't seem to like him very much according to the passage. The author uses description of the doctor to show how he isn't a good guy in their town.

    4.  "Then without warning, he struck the gate a crushing blow with his fist."

• The author uses description of action to show that the character is angry because of what happened earlier. It is a surprising event because Kino doesn't seem to come out as a violent character in the book. The writer wants to put some tension between the characters.

    5.  "And bow a wave of shame went over the whole procession. They melted away"

• The author uses metaphor to describe the atmosphere of the passage which is upset or sad because of how the doctors treated them. The writer wants the readers to feel bad for the characters because of what happened to him. The author wants to have different moods in each passage in order to keep the book interesting.