Sunday, October 3, 2010

response to the pearl - chapter 1 and 2

Chapter 1:

I think although Kino and Juana are represented the larger community that they live, this community becomes the important development of the story. It introduces their village a lot and the village takes on its own character. However, the particular show is when Kino and Juana visit the doctor and their neighbors follow in a near procession. The idea of community is also important for various songs which Kino remembers; Kino remembers two songs in this chapter, the Song of the Family and the Song of Evil, may be this story is a fable which defines between good and evil. In this chapter, I think the doctor represents social system that places a value of money in human life, and this shows which obstacles that Kino and Juana face. Between the doctor and Kino are important role to play the doctor refusal to treat Coyotito. Therefore, this presents an adversity that Kino and Juana should suffer.

Chapter 2:

Because the author still talks about the extremely poverty that Kino and Juana live, they can’t do an own canoe and Kino has to perform his job as a peal diver, they must use a canoe that is very old. I think pearl diving is represented an act of desperation and describes Kino’s poverty. Nevertheless, Kino realizes that he has found an impressive pearl when he finds the oyster during the diving. When he realizes the important pearl he has found, he is expected and tensional. In this chapter, this event provides a great hope for Kino and Juana. However, discovering the pearl is difficult that may occur, and the pearl causes Kino to become a brave man and revert to innate behavior, this change will have dangerous consequence.

2 comments:

  1. Ping, a summary is just telling me the important plot points. Don't use other people's material for work you can do yourself. You will receive a zero for this work and you will have to come after school to redo it while I'm watching you.

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  2. correction:

    At the story's beginning, I think Kino didn't care about the baby, Coyotito a lot. He might let Juana take care of baby. That's why I think Kino didn't love this family, either. However, when Coyotito was stung by scorpion, Kino and Juana removed the scorpion immediately, and then Juana said to the neighbor to get the doctor here at once. From the chapter 1, we could know Kino's house was poor because it was made by brush. however, the neighbor went to doctor's house to find him in the city. Many people who were in the city were plentiful because there were gardens and the singing of caged bird. I don't like people who is rich then treat poor people seriously such as doctor. He didn't want to treat the baby because Kino and Juana didn't have enough money. the doctor was so mean. After this event, they started to find the pearl in the sea. I feel that Juana was wishful to find some pearl because she was really care about her baby. They were diligent and hardworking. Finally, they found the pearl that was the greatest pearl in the world, and it was large as a sea-gull's egg, they were really fortunate.

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