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Ika
Ika

What is the event that makes a big impact in the story in The Pearl by John Steinback?

-impact to the main character also included..(Kino & Juana)-both character...

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Posted by Ika on Saturday November 14, 2009 at 4:07 AM and tagged with event, literature.

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  1. parkerlee
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    If his son Coyotito had not been bitten by a scorpoin, Kino would not have made the desperate attempt to find enough pearls to pay the doctor's medical fee. He wouldn't have challenged the social system he lived in and would have "kept his place" (that is, his lowly station in life which he had hitherto assumed). This turn of fate quite beyond his control is the catalyst which sets off the chain of events in the rest of the story.

    Ironically, Kino indeed does find "the pearl of the world," but because of the greed it evokes among the villagers, Kino's possession of it ultimately leads to Coyotito's death.

     

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    http://www.enotes.com/pearl/thematic-structure-pearl
    http://www.enotes.com/pearl/themes

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    Posted by parkerlee on Sunday November 22, 2009 at 5:03 AM