1. The Pearl power point
By: Brianna O’keefe

2. Facts about John Steinbeck
• John Steinbeck was born on February 27, 1902
• The Pearl is a book that documents the exploitation
of the poor
• Several of his novels are still required reading in high
schools and colleges around the country, as they are
considered classics that have endured the test of
time.
• John Steinbeck died in 1968

3. Plot Summary
Kino and Juana is a happy couple that lives in a brush house. The brush house is
some where on the border of Mexico and the united states. They have a son
named coyotito. Coyotito gets stung by a scorpion. Juana sucks the poison out
of coyotito. They go to doctor and ask for help. The doctor declines them
because they have no money. They pray for something good to happen. Kino
goes pearl diving and finds the “pearl of the world". They tell people what
they are going to do with it. The doctor hears about the pearl. He offers to
look at coyotito. The doctor poisons coyotito. He tells Kino and Juana he can
heal coyotito. He gives coyotito the antidote to the poison. He ask when they
are going to pay. Then the doctor plans to steal the pearl from them. Kino
removes it and hides it some where else. Then Kino kills someone because they
tried to steal the pearl.

4. • The doctor hears about the pearl. He offers to
look at coyotito. The doctor poisons coyotito.
He tells Kino and Juana he can heal coyotito.
He gives coyotito the antidote to the poison.
He ask when they are going to pay. Then the
doctor plans to steal the pearl from them.
Kino removes it and hides it some where else.
Then Kino kills someone because they tried to steal
the pearl.

5. Setting and Period
Setting:
Somewhere on the border between Mexico and
the United States.
Period:
The year 1947

6. Main Characters
• Kino, He was a simple man that turned greedy
when he found the pearl .
• Juana, She went to her native ways when
coyotito got bitten by the scorpion .
• Baby Coyotito, the son of Kino and Juana.

7. Other characters
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Juan Tomas
The Doctor
The butler
The neighbors
The pearl buyers
Apolonia
Trackers

8. Moral
• Greed can make you do crazy things.
• Be careful of what you wish for.
• Don’t let money and wealth change who you
are.

9. Scorpions
• Scorpions are predatory arthropods.
• Their venom is a mixture of neurotoxins
enzyme inhibitors and other things.
• Out of 1,000+ known species only 25 species
have venom that is poisonous to humans.

10. Pearls
• Pearls are found in living shelled mollusk.
• Pearls are made from calcium carbonate.
• Can be found in salt water and fresh water.

11. Resources
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scorpion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pearl
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The pearl pockets