Mae Antonette P.

Mejares

BSED-ENGLISH 2

Next Reading: The Pearl by John Steinbeck - USA

Think and Discuss:

Understanding

1. List the events that lead up to the visit to the doctor.

Answer; While the baby is in his hanging box a scorpion crawl down the rope and Kino tried to stop the
scorpion but it fell pass his hand and landed in the baby's shoulder and stung it. Juanna tried to suck the
poison and then asked to see the doctor.

2. Why does Kino hate or distrust the doctor and his race?

Answer: For Kino the doctors race is the one who despised people like them because they are poor and
people like them are evil to them.

3. How big is the pearl Kino finds, and what does he hope to acquire when he sells it?

Answer: The pearl is as big as the seagulls egg and what he hope to acquire is a medication for his son, a
proper marriage for his wife, a riffle and his son going to school.

4. How do Kino's neighbors and the townspeople react to the pearl?

Answer: They were not happy instead they are waiting for Kino to turn his head when he become rich
from acquiring the pearl of the world.

5. When the doctor finally arrives to see the baby, what excuse does he give for not having attended to
him earlier?

Answer; The doctor said he will go get some medicine because the poison is already struck inside
cayotito their son.

Analyzing

6. The opening chapter describes several contrasts. What is the contrast between the village and the
town? between Kino and the doctor?

Answer: Kino lives in a poor village as a fisherman while the doctor live in the town where all the riches
live.
7. Kino hears the Song of the Family, as well as other songs, very strongly in Chapter I. What purposes do
such songs serve in Kino's life and in the novel?

Answer: The songs are the emotions that Kino feel in every different scene it explains what he felt when
facing into different situation.

8. At this point midway through the novel's plot, Kino and his family are involved in some serious
conflicts. Describe the internal and external conflicts they face.

Answer: They faced the problem brought by keeping the pearl in their hands when everyone is trying to
stole the pearl from them.

9. What symbolic meaning does the pearl begin to have in Chapter III?

Answer: The pearl in Chapter 3 symbols as a luck to Kino and his family but later on became a sin to
them.

Extending

10. At the beginning of Chapter II, the author describes the formation process of a pearl. How do you
think this process can be compared to the formation of human character?

Answer: The process are different because the author describe the pearl clearly while he describe the
human characters in more deeper way.

11. To the villagers, Kino had found " the Pearl of the World" . Explain in what sense the narrator
suggests this is true.

Answer: They call it the pearl of the world because of the size and the beauty of the pearl that the cost
of it will change Kino's status.

Reviewing

1. Describe, in your own words, two of the settings in The Pearl and explain how they affect the story's
action.

Answer: First is the village where they live it shows how peaceful their family is liviy their life with
contentment in their heart and the way it describe its environment is so peaceful. The second setting is
the town where poverty is really seen and where the rich people are looking down on people like them.

2. The setting of Chapter III is the town, which the narrator compares to a "colonial animal," that has " a
nervous system and a head and shoulders and feet." The narrator also says that the town "has a whole
emotion". By personifying the setting in this way, what kind of atmosphere does the narrator create?
How does the setting relate to the action of the story?

Answer: The town is where the riches live so for people like them it's like they went to the predators
nest.
3. Would the story be believable or effective if it were to take place in a modern city? Explain.

Answer: Yes, this kind of story often happens in modern city where people in the slum are being
discriminated because of their status.

Making Judgements:

Making sound judgements about the point of view will greatly help you to understand the story and its
theme. 1. Do you think Steinbeck's purpose in writing The Pearl is merely to entertain the
reader, or is he commenting on problems facing society? Explain.

Answer: Steinbeck's purpose is to commend the problems in society where the riches gets all the
previlige in life and the poor one are being discriminated. It also shows how people change their nature
when face to a great amount of money.

2. What is the point of view? Do you think the narrator feels compassion for Kino or simply narrates the
events in an objective manner?

Answer: The narrator is just narrating the events in an objective manner.

3. Based on what you have read so far, do you think Steinbeck's portrayal of society is believable?
Explain

Answer: Yes, this kind of situation is very common in a society that makes it believable.

VOCABULARY:

Word Structure: Latin Word Parts The words listed below all come from
these roots. Arrange the words in two lists, according to the root they come from. Then select the word
that best completes each of the following sentences. *candelabrum *candle
*illuminate *candor *transluccent *lucid *luminary *candid

1. Hazy light shone through a candor window.

2. The transluccent held a dozen candles.

3. In spite of her fatigue, the doctor's mind was as luminary as those of the well-rested nurses.

4. The politician clearly had nothing to hide; his answers to the questions were quite candid.

5. The red spotlights illuminate the stage in a fiery glow.

THINKING SKILLS

Synthesizing:

1. Using the scale of miles, determine how far from the U.S. border the action takes place.
2. What is the nearest U.S. state that can be reached by land?

3. If you were to travel from where you live to Kino's village, in what direction would you have travel?

COMPOSITION

Writing about a special object:Most of us have owned something that represents special hopes and
dreams in our lives, even if it is less costly than the pearl in Steinbeck's novel.Think about something you
own, have owned, or would like to own. In a three-paragraph composition, describe the object in detail
and explain why it is (or would be) special to you. If the item, however humble it may be, symbolizes a
wish or dream, explain what it represents for you.

Back then when we went to Loreto I found a really pretty rock in the beach at that time i
was really happy because my family is complete during that vacation, it's rare to have every member in
the family together in one place so in memory of that day i kept the rock. When we went home I wrote
the date of the vacation in the rock and display it in my study table so I can see it everytime I'm feeling
down or i miss my family. I look at it and remember all the good times we had on that beach. I even
named it black because the beach where i found it is called black beach resort.

I still have the stone until now and it's the last memory i have for my uncle who already left
this world, he was a really great man and a father to his son and daughter. That's the very last time we
had a vacation in a beach where the family is complete. I value this stone as a memory that i felt so
happy in every seconds of that day. I have no worries and still have no clue of how the world around me
works if I can turn back the time I'd go back to that day where i happily picked up this stone.

Writing a Summary

In three parapgraph, summaruze the action in Chapters I, II, and III of The Pearl. Review the chapters
and jot down the significant events of the plot. Be sure you focus your summary on the main conflicts
between the protagonist(s) and antagonist(s).