Location! Location! Location!
This is the country where our story takes place.
What is Mexico?
Coyotito's name means this.
What is "Little Coyote?"
A figure of speech that involves the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid. This figure of speech always uses the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
Kino wishes for one of these when he finds "The Pearl of the World," but ironically, one of these ends up killing his son.
What is a rifle?
After Kino kills a man, this is where Kino, Juana, and Coyotito take refuge in the town before trying to escape to the mountains.
What is Juan Tomás (and Apolonia's) house?
The beggars in town who seem to know everything in town often stand outside this building.
What is the church?
This person suffers abuse from their spouse.
Who is Juana?
"Life is a highway." This is an example of a figure of speech that is also known as a direct comparison. This is a statement in which two objects, often unrelated, are compared directly to each other.
What is a metaphor?
The reason the pearl buyer says the pearl is not valuable.
What is the pearl is to large or what is the pearl is a monstrosity?
What is gets naked or takes off all his clothes?
The gate outside this place might symbolize the racial and economic divide in town.
What is the doctor's house?
This character misses his time in France where he had a mistress and finer things.
Who is the doctor?
This literary device gives human attributes to nonhuman objects.
What is personification?
This person rushes to fetch her best shawl so she can mourn her "dead" relatives.
Who is Apolonia?
These are the 3 types of irony.
What is verbal, situational, and dramatic?
The name of the town where Kino and Juana lives literally means "The peace."
What is La Paz?
The name of Juan Tomás’s wife.
Who is Apolonia?
What is a symbol?
This object that is lovingly cared for originally came from Nayarit.
What is Kino's canoe?
What are similes and metaphors?
The name of the town means "peace." The town isn't actually peaceful like you would expect. This is an example of what literary device?
What is irony?
Coyotito doesn't really change throughout the story. He is an example of a certain kind of character. Hint: think about why people use dryer sheets when they do laundry.
What is static, or what is a static character?
These are the 5 main parts of any plot diagram from the beginning of the story to the end.
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
This one you have permission to answer without asking a question. How does the symbolism of the pearl change throughout the book? Give 3 specific ways it changes throughout the story.
The pearl starts as symbol of possibility--"The Pearl That Might Be." Once found it represents blessing and hope Coyotito can be healed, that C. can get an education which will lead to their freedom from oppression. Eventually symbolizes the world's outside destructive forces working against Kino's simple but good life. Begins to represent human plans and desires. It's eventually seen as destructive and dangerous and evil.
"Education leads to freedom" is an example of this literary device/term (Answer as a question). Also, give 2 examples to support this particular statement from the story. (You don't have to answer this part as a question).
What is theme?
Various examples possible.