the pearl
English 9
25 Nov 2013
The Pearl Project
Symbol Explanation Quote/page
1. The pearl
2. Kino 3. Kino’s canoe
4. Ants
5. Scorpion
SETTING:
Time and place Quote Page
1. “Just before sunrise sometime around 1900” Prologue
2. “He lives near the village of La Paz, on the Pacific coast of the Baja Peninsula.” Prologue
3. Description of the morning that begins the story: "It was a morning like other mornings and yet perfect among mornings" Page 4
4. “The beach was yellow sand, but at the water’s edge a rubble of shell and algae took its place.” Page 14
5. The high sun streamed down on the dry creaking earth so that even the vegetation ticked in protest. But ahead were the naked granite mountains, rising out of erosion rubble and standing monolithic against the sky. Page 69
6. Across the estuary from the town one section of mangroves stood clear and telescopically defined, while another mangrove clump was a hazy black-green blob. Page 14
7. The sun was hot yellow that morning, and it drew the moisture from the estuary and from the
Gulf and hung it in shimmering scarves in the air so that the air vibrated and vision was insubstantial. A vision hung in the air to the north of the city – the vision of a mountain that was over two hundred miles away, and the high slopes of this mountain were swaddled with pines and a great stone peak arose above the timber line. Page 41
8. “Part of the far shore disappeared into a shimmer
25 Nov 2013
The Pearl Project
Symbol Explanation Quote/page
1. The pearl
2. Kino 3. Kino’s canoe
4. Ants
5. Scorpion
SETTING:
Time and place Quote Page
1. “Just before sunrise sometime around 1900” Prologue
2. “He lives near the village of La Paz, on the Pacific coast of the Baja Peninsula.” Prologue
3. Description of the morning that begins the story: "It was a morning like other mornings and yet perfect among mornings" Page 4
4. “The beach was yellow sand, but at the water’s edge a rubble of shell and algae took its place.” Page 14
5. The high sun streamed down on the dry creaking earth so that even the vegetation ticked in protest. But ahead were the naked granite mountains, rising out of erosion rubble and standing monolithic against the sky. Page 69
6. Across the estuary from the town one section of mangroves stood clear and telescopically defined, while another mangrove clump was a hazy black-green blob. Page 14
7. The sun was hot yellow that morning, and it drew the moisture from the estuary and from the
Gulf and hung it in shimmering scarves in the air so that the air vibrated and vision was insubstantial. A vision hung in the air to the north of the city – the vision of a mountain that was over two hundred miles away, and the high slopes of this mountain were swaddled with pines and a great stone peak arose above the timber line. Page 41
8. “Part of the far shore disappeared into a shimmer