The+Pearl+presentations

Chapters 1&2

Team 1 (tuotos siirretty projekteista)

 * p.14-16**
 * 5 PHRASES**

- "Rage swells" = To get angrier and angrier - "Old language" = The language that was used to be spoken in the area, very unformal - "Crease by crease" = To do something carefully - "Grow stout" = To gain weight - "Melt away" = In this case, people left


 * 5 VOCABULARY ITEMS**

- Race = A specific group of people from a different social class or a group of people with the same ancestors and therefore same feature. E.g. Asians - Civilized = Modern, educated, sophisticated... Has acquired knowledge - Shame = An urge to hide something from others - Subsequent = Later, next - First borne = Family´s first child


 * 2-3 SENTENCES**

- //"He could kill the doctor more easily than talk to him."// - The lower social class couldn´t afford health care, and it would´ve been even easier to commit a murder...

- //"´I am a doctor, not veterinary.´"// - The doctor didn´t respect lower class people as human beings.

Chapter 1
 * When does the story begin?**

When Kino wakes up at dawn and hears the beautiful song of the morning.


 * Which characters are introduced?**

Kino (the main character), his wife Juana and his child Coytito, Kino´s brother Juan Thomás and his family: wife Apolonia and 4 children, the beggers, the doctor and his servant, people from the neighbourhood


 * What role do the songs have? What are they like?**

They had a important role, because they create more emotion to the text, one can feel the soft and warm embrace of the beautiful morning while listening to how Steinbeck describes the song and feel just like on would be there with Kino. The songs also create kind of this fake reality, they reflect the events in Kino´s life.


 * What are some of the contrasts presented in the chapter?**

The contrast between the soft and beautiful morning and the terrified feeling of the parents when they realize a scorpion is about to bite their child. There are also contrast between the social situations of the characters, the doctor is of a so called “higher” social class while Kino and the others are of a “lower” class. Also the scorpion-situation shows this set up of human versus nature. Individual versus society is introduced too.


 * What role do the neighbours have?**

They´re the first ones to realize that everything isn´t right, first ones to be there when the scorpion bites Coytito. They are there to help, maybe too eagerly sometimes. Still, in front of Kino´s shame they know to leave him alone, which is bot wise and a bit stupid thing to too. They´ve been there and society lets one to suffer alone.

Chapters 1-3

Kino, the pearl hunter, and his wife, are satisfied with their peaceful life until a scorpion bites their son, Coytito. They asks the doctor to cure the child, but the doctor refuses because Kino's family doesn't have money. Disappointed and scared, Kino and his family goes to pearl hunt and Kino finds "the Pearl of the World", which is perfect. Their life changes radically when they suddenly have a chance to fulfill their dreams. "The song of the Evil" comes to the life of the family, even though they find it hard to understand that it could be caused by the pearl.Suddenly everyone gets interested about their lives and even the doctor comes to look for the child. Chapter 3 ends with that someone creeps around the family's house during the night. Kino is confused by the way things have turned up, but he decides to fight back misfortunes and reach for a better life for his family.

Chapter 3


 * 1) People who were greedy, in need of something or just curious.
 * 2) He is planning to sell it tomorrow and use the money acquired to make his family’s life easier and happier.
 * 3) He uses the old form of English in the quotations of the priest.
 * 4) First he’s confused with his possibilities and the big curiosity of people towards the pearl.
 * 5) He tries to make Kino believe that Coyotito is still in danger and he needs the help of a doctor.
 * 6) He tells how the doctor is fat, eats and drinks in a luxurious way and he thinks Paris every now and then.
 * 7) Someone is creeping around the house trying to steal the pearl, but Kino stabs him/she with his knife.
 * 8) She would like to throw the pearl away, because she thinks that it brings only misfortune.
 * 9) He refuses and claims that everything will be okay once they have sold the pearl.