Final Exam ESL
ESL 1320
Final Exam
Dec.9, 2013
1.a)The relationship between Kino and Juana is changeable during the whole novel. In the beginning,it
seems that they were living a happy life together and they loved each other regardless the poverty they
were living in. Juan was always following Kino. The turning point in their relationship was when
Kino found the pearl. Everything changed. The pearl brought the evil spirit to their life. The most
important thing thing to Kino was the pearl. Juana's thoughts were different from Kino's thoughts, she
thought the pearl was an evil or sin which they have to destroy. Kino refused the idea and when Juana
tried to throw the pearl, John Steinbeck told us, “He struck her in the face with his clenched fist and
she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side” (59). It seems to us that it was the first time
Kino did that to Juana.
b) The relationship between Kino and his community is very good. In The Pearl Kino love his
community. He lived in a lovely society where the neighbors care about each other and stand beside
beside each other in the hard situations. They react with Kino when he is in a plight. When Coyotito
was sick, they went with him to the doctor, and they went with him to the pearl buyers. At the same
time, Kino showed loyalty and love to his community when his canoe had a hole in it, he didn't think
about taking his neighbors' canoe as he knew the suffer that his family would feel if he took their canoe
which represent the source of living. “It did not occur to him to take one of the canoes of his
neighbors,' the author said. 'Never once did the thought enter his head, any more than he could have
convinced breaking a boat”(62).
c) The relationship between Kino and the natural world. In The Pearl we can see the strong connection
between Kino and the natural world. Sometimes it appears to e Kino's friend as the weeds which
Final Exam
Dec.9, 2013
1.a)The relationship between Kino and Juana is changeable during the whole novel. In the beginning,it
seems that they were living a happy life together and they loved each other regardless the poverty they
were living in. Juan was always following Kino. The turning point in their relationship was when
Kino found the pearl. Everything changed. The pearl brought the evil spirit to their life. The most
important thing thing to Kino was the pearl. Juana's thoughts were different from Kino's thoughts, she
thought the pearl was an evil or sin which they have to destroy. Kino refused the idea and when Juana
tried to throw the pearl, John Steinbeck told us, “He struck her in the face with his clenched fist and
she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side” (59). It seems to us that it was the first time
Kino did that to Juana.
b) The relationship between Kino and his community is very good. In The Pearl Kino love his
community. He lived in a lovely society where the neighbors care about each other and stand beside
beside each other in the hard situations. They react with Kino when he is in a plight. When Coyotito
was sick, they went with him to the doctor, and they went with him to the pearl buyers. At the same
time, Kino showed loyalty and love to his community when his canoe had a hole in it, he didn't think
about taking his neighbors' canoe as he knew the suffer that his family would feel if he took their canoe
which represent the source of living. “It did not occur to him to take one of the canoes of his
neighbors,' the author said. 'Never once did the thought enter his head, any more than he could have
convinced breaking a boat”(62).
c) The relationship between Kino and the natural world. In The Pearl we can see the strong connection
between Kino and the natural world. Sometimes it appears to e Kino's friend as the weeds which