Characters and Their Traits
This character becomes "every man's enemy."
Who is Kino?
This object symbolizes the craftsmanship, pride, and heritage of Kino's people.
What is Kino's canoe?
This literary element is the problem or struggle faced by characters in a story.
What is conflict?
This character states, "My son will read and open books. My son will write and will know writing."
Who is Kino?
This is the setting of the novel.
What is the Baja Peninsula (town of La Paz) in the early 1900s?
This character is ironic because he uses his knowledge to cause harm to someone helpless.
Who is the Doctor?
This object, introduced in Chapter 1, symbolizes the divide between wealthy European settlers and poor indigenous people like Kino.
What is the Doctor's gate?
This literary element is the time, place, and overall atmosphere of a story. It may include geographical, physical, cultural, and historical elements.
What is setting?
This character states, "Have I nothing to do but cure insect bites for little Indians?"
Who is The Doctor?
This event in Chapter 1 is the inciting incident or catalyst that starts the rising action of the story.
What is Coyotito being stung by a scorpion?
This character repeatedly warns Kino about the negative effects the pearl is having on their lives.
Who is Juana?
This object first symbolizes hope, then comes to represent the ugliness of human corruption and greed.
What is the pearl?
This literary element occurs when a situation or event is the opposite of what we would expect.
What is irony?
This character states, "Let us bury it and forget the place."
Who is Juana?
This is the main overall conflict of the novel.
What is character vs. society?
This is the only character who walks alongside Kino when he goes to sell the pearl.
Who is Juan Tomás?
This object represents power and is something Kino has never before dared to wish for.
What is the rifle?
This literary element occurs when an author uses an object or person to represent a larger, more abstract idea.
What is symbolism or symbolic imagery?
Who is Juan Tomás?
This scene is the climax of the novel.
What is when Kino fights the trackers in the mountains?
This character symbolizes innocence and dies as a result of everyone's greed.
Who is Coyotito?
This object symbolizes protection and comfort, but ironically is used to hold Coyotito's body at the end of the novel.
What is Juana's shawl?
This character says, "There is no market for such things. It is a curiosity only."
Who is the Pearl Buyer?
This is the reason that it is ironic for Kino to offer Juana to throw the pearl back into the sea.