THE REAL FOX SAIRUL SAIFUL ZUHDI RAZIF HAMZI

THE PEARL

CHARACTERS

KINO PHYSICAL TRAITS BROWN SKIN COATSE MOUSTACHE BLACK HAIR YOUNG ANG STRONG WARM BRIGHT EYES MEXICAN INDIAN0000 KINO’S NAME NAMED AFTER EUSEBIUS KINO 17TH CENTURY JESUIT MISIONARY 1ST PROVE BAJA CALIFORNIA WAS A PENINSULA WORKED AMONG THE GULF INDIANS NAME SUGGESTS QUALITIES OF GOODNESS AND GRETNESS. OCUPATION POOR FISHERMAN PEARL DRIVER CANOE-ONLY VALUABLE POSSESSION RELITIONSHIPS STRONG AND TENDER RELITIONSHIP WITH WIFE AND CHILD STRONG FAMILY TIES WITH JUAN TOMAS AND APOLONIA WELL LIKED BY NEIGHBOURS FRIENDSHIP IS WEAKENED BY GREED FOR THE PEARL PERSONALITY TRAITS SIMPLE BUT NOT SIMPLE-MINED ILLITERATE AND IGNORANT CAPACITY TO FELL STRONG EMOTIONS CANNOT ALWAYS UNDERSTAND OR CONTROL HIS EMOTIONS CAN BECOME PASSIONATE CAN BECOME SAVAGE A MAN OF FEW WORDS DISLIKE BEING CHATED ESPECIALLY BY THE PEARL BUYERS PHASICAL COURAGE HONEST SPIRITUAL TRAITS LOVES AND RESPECTS NATURE BELIVES IN LUCK SUPERSTITIONOUS OFFENDING THE GODS LIFE IS FOCUSED ON FAMILY AFTER DISCOVERY OF THE PEARL FEELS A DEEP SENSE OF LONELINESS BECOMES CAUTIOUNS AND SETS HIM APART FROM SOCIETY INSTINCT FOR SUFFERING ENDURANCE FOR SUFFERING DETERMINIBATION TO ESCAPE TRACKERS PERSEVERANCE IN TRIALS OF DESERT

Physical traits Long black hair Combs hair in two plaits tied with green ribbon Strong like a man Mexican-Indiands Juana’s Name It means ‘women’ Womanly roles of wife,mother and preserver Role of wife Perfect helpmate SupportiveResoluteObedientRespectfulCaring Submissive yet firm HardworkingLoyal Role of mother Protective Responsible Great love for coyotito Sings often to child Quick reassuring words Play with him Prays desperately when in crisis Death of Coyotito brings total grief to juana PERSONALITY Traits Practical Courageous Resilient Religious Able to judge and make decision on her own Protector of family Strong sense of preservation Obedient Respectful Cheerful Independent JUANA’S concept of womanhood Woman plays traditional role Women is the complementary half of man Woman must have reason, caution and a sense of preservatio Woman must not abandon her man in crisis Woman must support man’s undertakings Juana’s concept of Manhood Man is the leader Man takes risks Man is an adventurer Man is driven to new goals and dreams Cannot fully understands man but knows that she needs him JUANA

THE PEARL BUYERS Dishonest And Avaricious Dishonest And Avaricious  They buy the pearls from the Indians and have no regrets about cheating them of their livelihood.  They conspire to cheat Kino of what is rightfully his.

KINO TRIES TO SELL THE PEARL Everyone in the community knows that Kino is going to sell his pearl that morning. The neighbours join Kino and his family to town. Kino approaches one Juan Toma’s advises Kino to be careful of the pearl buyers. This is because he has gone against pearl buyers and want to sell his pearl in the city. Therefore he has gone against the system in which they live. However, Kino is determined to go ahead with his plans so that his son will get an education. That night Kino and Juana are unable to sleep as they sense danger. When Kino steps out, he is attacked by someone. Kino is injured. Juana again advises Kino to throw away the pearl as it has given them too many problems. Kino angrily tells her, he will not. Everyone in the community knows that Kino is going to sell his pearl that morning. The neighbours join Kino and his family to town. Kino approaches one Juan Toma’s advises Kino to be careful of the pearl buyers. This is because he has gone against pearl buyers and want to sell his pearl in the city. Therefore he has gone against the system in which they live. However, Kino is determined to go ahead with his plans so that his son will get an education. That night Kino and Juana are unable to sleep as they sense danger. When Kino steps out, he is attacked by someone. Kino is injured. Juana again advises Kino to throw away the pearl as it has given them too many problems. Kino angrily tells her, he will not. of the pearl buyers to sell the pearl. In the hope of cheating Kino, the pearl buyers says that the pearl is too big and clumsy to be of any value. It is only to be kept in a museum. He offers a thousand pesos to Kino. When Kino disagrees, the three other buyers are called in and they too plan to cheat Kino. Kino then yells them that he will sell the pearl in the capital. PLOT

SETTING  The Settlement The people who live in the settlement on the outskirts of the town are native Mexican-Indians. They work as fisherman and pearl divers, earning very little. Being poor, they live simple lives in brush houses closes to the shore. Their homes are small, with their sleeping area consisting of mats on the floor and the fire pit where they cook. They cook using coal and pieces of brush. The staple food of these people is corn and they make corncakes for their meals. The people in this settlement live as a close-knit community.  THE TOWN The town is called La Paz. The people who live here are well- To-do and have some education, like the doctor. They are Descendants of the Spanish who conquered Mexico four hundred Years ago. These conquerors “had beaten and starved and robbed and despised Kino race….”(p.9).even now, these Spanish treat all of Kino’s race as though they are simple animals. Their homes are made of stone and plaster with ”inner cool garden”, from which can be heard the “singing of caged birds”. Mexican-Indians are employed as servant in their homes.

Moral Value  Materialism Kino and the people of La Paz’ obsession for material wealth had led to a lot pf hard ship, suffering, loss of property and most of all death Kino and the people of La Paz’ obsession for material wealth had led to a lot pf hard ship, suffering, loss of property and most of all death  Racial Discrimination The people of Spanish descent treat the Mexican-Indians as animals.They feel superior. The doctor and the priest and cheat the Mexican-Indian community The people of Spanish descent treat the Mexican-Indians as animals.They feel superior. The doctor and the priest and cheat the Mexican-Indian community  Jealously The community becomes envious of Kino and his family after the discovery of the pearl. The intense jealousy leads them to do anything to possess the pearl. The community becomes envious of Kino and his family after the discovery of the pearl. The intense jealousy leads them to do anything to possess the pearl.

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