The Pearl Chapter Four

Kino watched with the detachment of God while a dusty ant frantically tried to escape the sand trap an ant lion had dug... (A similar thing will happen to Kino later in the book.)

• paradox

• irony

• imagery

• foreshadowing

The narrator focuses on Kino’s thoughts and feelings, but sometimes switches to Juana or the doctor. She/he also gives opinions about what’s happening.

• mood

• tone

• 3rd person omniscient

• syntax

the pearl represents hope; the scorpion represents fate; Kino’s canoe represents survival

• simile

• metaphor

• style

• symbolism

Juana prayed to find a pearl so that they could pay the doctor to cure the baby. In fact, Juana's remedy was better than anything the doctor would do.

• symbolism

• imagery

• situational irony

• motif

What happened to Kino on the path through the brushline up the beach?

• He was attacked, killed a man, and lost the pearl.

• The buyers met him and offered him more money for the pearl.

• His brother came to warn him that robbers were after him.

• He tripped on a rock and broke his leg.

Across the brush fence were other brush houses and the smoke came from them too...

• symbolism

• setting

• simile

• style

What best describes how Kino changed after finding the pearl? 

• he became more violent and paranoid; he did not trust people

• he lost hope and became more fearful

• he became greedy and spent his money frivolously 

• he became more religious

What do the pearl buyers want?

• to make a profit

• to get the lowest possibe price for a pearl

• to get the highest possible price for a pearl

• to make the patron happy

What does Juan Thomas warn Kino?

• that Juana will try to throw the pearl in the ocean

• that the buyers will try to cheat them

• that the priest can't be trusted

• that the doctor will hurt Coyotito

How do Kino and Juana feel about the pearl at the end of chapter 4?

• They both think the pearl represents good fortune.

• They both think the pearl represents destruction.

• Kino thinks the pearl represents destruction; Juana thinks it represents good fortune.

• Kino thinks it represents good fortune; Juana thinks it represents destruction.