The Pearl: Chapter 4
Nahoko Iijima
Sergio Puentes
Laura Pabon
July 2010
IEP Core Class
Prof. C. Bauer-Ramazani
Saint Michael’s College
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Introduction
•The day of selling the pearl had arrived
•Everyone was anxious
•The dealers had a collution.
•There was a conspiracy beyond the selling
of the pearl.
•Here we can notice the real attitude
changes of the characters.
•The main purpose of this is making a fast
summary about chapter 4 and a short
analysis of what happen in the story.
Everyone is interested in the pearl
•CHAPTER 4.
• Kino was preparing to sell
the pearl.
•There was some
foreshadowing in the story.
•There was a collusion
between the pearl dealers.
•Kino offered the pearl to
dealers
• Kino discovered that the
dealer were cheating him
• Kino decide to go and said he
was going to the capital to sell
his pearl
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• Kino arrived to his home and
someone attack him then he
decided to preserve the pearl.
Analysis
•Steinbeck:
-Reflection of the real world
-Sins of flesh
-Organization of the town (poor and rich)
• Pearl dealers:
-Were ambitious and mean
-Wanted the pearl in the lowest price
-Had a collution among them
-They were controlled by someone
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•Kino and Juana
-Both changed their character
-Kino wants a good price for the pearl
-Kino the pearl represents the opportunity of having a new status
-Juana think the pearl is a sin