Kino -father
Juana--mother
Coyotito--baby
setting -- shore of a Mexican
Cape Cod - sharks
Mexico - scorpion- symbolizes evil
details: claws or pinchers, stingy tail, quick,, sneaky, smaller= more deceitful,
easily crushable, stings, black or red=bloody, natural devil
stylistic strategy Steinbeck wants story to sound like a myth
"and to the sea in calm, to the light and the dark and the sun and the moon, and the songs were all in Kino in his people" (17)
3 biggest action points:
1. scorpion attacks baby
2. venture to the doctor who rejects them because he is a rich racist
3. finds the pearl
Pearl as a symbol: grain of sand contaminates an oyster, then to beat the contamination, it layers the sand
incredibly valuable things are often very dangerous
dichotomy= opposing meaning creating conflict
pearl = purity on the other pearl = contamination
pearl= baby saving life saver
pearl in "torn hand smashed against the doctor's gate" forshadows trouble
at once= pearl has healed the baby "swelling has gone down"
pearl attracts other fishermen who all rush forward==both good and bad
good=they want to celebrate
bad=they want his pearl
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