![]() How does the pearl change its meaning during the course of this novel?Ĩ. A symbol can change its meaning during the course of a novel. Why are the "dark ones" and the trackers never identified? What is gained by Steinbeck's not identifying them?ħ. ![]() ![]() Why are the pearl buyers referred to as "fatherly" and "benevolent"? How does this contradict their real purposes? Are they also victimized?Ħ. How does the priest function as a travesty of religion?ĥ. How does Steinbeck characterize the doctor? How does he let the reader know that the white powder which the doctor administers to Coyotito is actually a poison which would kill the baby if the doctor did not return?Ĥ. Describe in detail Kino and Juana's simple life before and after the discovery of the pearl.ģ. Discuss the various animal imagery that functions throughout the novel: the ants, the scorpion, the hissing snakes, the schools of fish, the oysters, the dogs, and the pearl buyers as octopuses, etc.Ģ.
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