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For VVr:￨:ng or Discussing
CI What problems dO yOu think the pearl might bring tO Kino and his family?
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How do you think the pearl might change their lives?
The Bookcnd you
Before Kino finds the pearl, he. and his family are
content with the little they have: their canoe, simple food, the plain hut in which-the song
or *r" Family hums. After r<ino-ino. the pearl, however,
he thinks of greater thines: an eaucation ior
t is son, n"w
and a fine home. As you read z7,e
Pearl, ask yourself, "wf,at would I do Kinok
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wrrut
w-ould
I *"nti; ny deciding wherher
fi'u""r
cr not you agree with the novel's
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g"t insigtrt into trre
and the author,s
fe$age,
viewpoinr. You'r arso ger varuabre insighiint6
"traract"rs
youir""rru"JTrt"
_ Begin yourpersonaljourney throughrhe pearrby thinking about these questions:
What does the word success mean to you?
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great pearl, Kino is driven by a desire to make a better life for himself and for his
Wt ut wouid you do if you found a pearl worth a fortune? In the space below, brainstorm a
"rnlty.
ist of the different things you could do if you found a priceless pear1.
\fter he finds ihe
the
Now select three goals from your tist. Write them on the left in the chart below. Complete
you did not
,hait to find out morl about these goals. Think about how you could achieve them if
rave the sudden wealth ofthe pearl to help you.
Goals
Ways to AccomPlish the Goals
Obstacles to Overcome
1.
2.
3.
:or Writing or Discussing
I Wtrat quitities do you thinf people
I
goals?
must have to achieve their
What circumstances put some goals beyond reach?
Discover Whoi You Know About Avorice
The word avarice means "an unsatisfiable greed for riches." Use the synonyms for avaricious below
tglbink about how avarice affects people. Then answer the two questions that follow
c 'icious: greedy, money-grubbing, grasping, covetous, miserly, stingy, penny-pinching, tightfisted, close-fisted
E What makes a person avaricious?
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What are some of the things an avaricious person would do to get more money?
Discover Whot You Know About Porqbles
At the beginning, Steinbeck explains thatThe Pearl couldbe a parable. A
parable is a brief story
that teaches a moral lesson. A moral lesson is a lesson about right and wrong and the way we should
live.-The Bible has many parables. In the New Testament, foi example, Matthew 7:16-20 teaches
that false prophets are like evil fruit from a corrupt aee. The moral isf"By their fruits ye shall know
them."
.4n a separate sheiet of paper, write a moral that you think is important. Then trade papers with a
cl.-"mate. Talk about how you would teach that moial in a story.
Mcking c Personcl Response
Do you like stories that havc moral lessons?Why?
Previewing The Pearl
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The book cov∝ descHbed below may not match the edition that you are using.IIoweverl
any edition of the novel can be used as your guide to the activities on these pages.
頂F Exornine lhe froni cover.
・ Do any clues in the picture tell you whatthc story may be about?
・ Who wrote the book?What do you know aboutthis author?
o What otherinfollllatibn does the covel・ g市 e,Ou?
Imagine that you can listcn in on an act市 e reader's thoughts.
ACTIVE READER:lseeヽ ″o lgures:c moncnd c womcn.The monls ho!ding some―
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thing cupped in his hclnds.‖ s giowlngl Could l be the pec‖ from the ltle?But why
would c pecrl be giowing?There's c lclntern in the corner.Mcybe they′ re someploce
wlthout elect“ city.The mcnlooks‖ke he hos come from the beCCh becouse he′ s nof
wecnng clshitt cnd he hosscndois on,Mcybe the booktOkes pioce neorcl beach・
Reα ding What else do you notice about the cover of the book?
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頂デ Nexi go lo fhe bock cOVer.
THE PEARL is an enduring and classic fable' sensitively told' in
simple and beautiful language. It is the story of a fisherman who
found a pearl beyond price, the Pearl of the World' With the
pearl, heioped to buy peace and happiness for himself, his wife
are
and their little son. Instead he found that peace and happiness
not to be purchased. They are, themselves' pearls beyond price'
THE PEARL is a book to be read many times and cherished
forever.
By the author of THE RED PONY and OF MICB AND MEN
JOHN STEINBECK
wonder whqt foble meqns, Wqs ihe
story posed down lhrough the oges
ond then $einbeck wqslhe one who
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I guess this meons thol moneY
con't
buy hoppiness. Whol hoPPened to
moke oll his dreqms shotler? This book
sounds good.
I reolly liked
book
is
lhe
Red Pony,lhope lhis
os good.
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE
Reading what prcdictions can you malcc aboutthe story based On the infollllation on the front and
Actively back covcrs?
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^Strotegies for Active Reoding
You too can be an active reader. As you begin The Pearl, use these six simple shategies.
I-. Apply prior hnowledge.
Keep trying to conne€t your background knowledge and personal experience with the writer's
viewpoint and experience.
2. Identify with the major characters.
Imagini yourselfin
and unlike yours.
thie
story. Think about how the chalactels' experiences and attitudes are like
3. Interact with the writer.
Respond to what the writer is saying-laugh, be surprised, agree or disagree, become confused,
feel sad-as you read.
4. Make predictions.
Keep thinking about.what is going to happen. Check your predicrions against
the book and make
new ones if you need to.
5.
a
Use problem-solving strategies.
Reread a confusing sentence,br passage if you have lost track
of what the author is saying. Use
other words- on the p1F: ut clues to tretg
guess
the meaning of an unfamili* *ord. If"you,r"
r6u
still puzzled by something, be patient. Someti"mes the problemiill be resolved
later in the book.
6. Call a time-out to collect your thoughts.
Pause occasionally to summarize the
vise predictions that weren't correct.
itory
and your reacfions to it. Make new predictions or re-
Reoding Listen in to understand how an active reader makes use of these stmtegies.
Actively margins, add your own comments, questions, and reflections about the text. Then, in the
JN THE town they rell the srory of the great pearl_how it was
found and how it was lost again. fhey tef of Kino, rhe
fisherman,
and of his wife, Juana, and of the baby, Coyotito. And
because the
story has been told so often, it has taken root in every
man,s mind.
And, as with all retold tales that arc in people,s heartsj there are only
good and bad things and black and white things
and good and evil
things and no in-between anywhere.
"If this story is a parable, perhaps everyone takes his own mean_
ing from it and reads his own life into it. tn any case,
they say in the
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townthat..."
Ihis introduclion mqkes it sound like
lhe story of the peorl is some kind of
locol legend, o story thot everyone
knows ond everyone tells.
A poroblel lhot's o story with o morol
like I hove Jusl reod obout,
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KINO awakened in the near.dark. The stars still shone and the day
had dmwn only a pale wash of light in the lower
sky to the east. The
hote lo gei up eoriyl Kino must hove
to work reolly hord if he gels up before down,
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roosters had been crowing for some time, and the early pigs
were
already beginning their ceaseless turning of twigs and
bits of wood
to see whether anything to eat had been overlooked. Outside
the
brush house in the tuna clump, a covey of little birds chittered
and
flurried with rheir wings.
Kino's eyes opened, and he looked first at the lightening
square
which was the door and then he looked at the hanting
box where
Coyotito slept. And last he tumed his head to Juana]
his wife, who
Iay beside him on the mat, her blue head shawl over
her nose and
,
over her breasts and arcund the small of her back.
Juana,s eyes were
open too. Kino could never remember seeing them closed
when he
awakened. Her dark eyes made little reflecteJstars.
She was looking
at him as she was always looking at him when
he awakened.
Kino heard the little splash of moming waves on the beach It
was vely good-Kino closed his eyes again to listen to his music.
Perhaps he alone did this and perhaps ail of his people did it.
His
people had once been great makers of songs so th;t everything
they
saw or thought or did or heard became a song. That was very long
ago. The songs remained; Kino knew them, but no new songs were
added. That does not mean that therc were no personal songs. In
Kino's head there was a song now, clear and soft, and if he had been
able to speak it, he would have called it the Song of the Family.
His blanket was over his nose to protect bim from the dank air.
His eyes flicked to a rustle beside him. It was Juana arising, almost
soundlessly. On her hard bare feet she went to the hanging box
where Coyotito slept, and she leaned over and said a little reassuring word. Coyotito looked up for a moment and closed his eyes
Why does hh son sleep ln o honging
box? Moybe lhe ground is dongerous for lhe child.
"Litlle reflected stqrs'sounds like
lhey
ore very much in love, They seem
reolly poor, but hoppy.
I know whot he meons, I hove litfle
songs in my heod when l'm hoppy,
too,
"lhe Song of lhe Fomlly" sounds vgqr\
speclol-l wonder if he heors it ev
doy,
and slept again.
Juana went to the firc pit and uncovered a coal and fanned
alive while she broke little pieces of brush over it.
it
Now Kino got up and wrapped his blanket about his head and
nose and shoulders. He slipped his feet into his sandals and went
outside to watch the dawn.
Outside the door he squaffed down and gathered the blanket
ends about his knees, He saw the specks of Gulf clouds flame high
in the air. And a goat came near and sniffed at him and stared wirh
its cold yellow eyes. Behind him Juana's fire leaped into flame and
threw spears of light through the chinks of the brush-house wall
and threw a wavering square of light out the door. A late moth
blustered in to find the fire. The Song of the Family came now from
behind Kino. And the rhythm of the family song was the gdnding
stone where Juana worked the corn for the morning cakes.
The dalvn came quickly now, a wash, a glow, a lightness, and
then an explosion of fire as the sun arose out of the Gulf. Kino
Which Gulf? the Gulf of Mexico? He's
o fshemon; moybe ihot's lhe oceqn
he lives neor,
Whot's woyenng? Sounds
like
"wove," Moybe the light is moving
like woves.