The Pearl, Exam Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. VERIFIED.

The Pearl, Exam Questions and answers, 100% Accurate. VERIFIED. Symbol of the Soul - -This symbol represents Kino's hopes and dreams. It gives him the only chance that he will ever have to change his life. To give up the pearl would be to admit that he is not human Symbol of Nature - -The pearl is both natural and unnatural. Produced by natural processes- the defense reaction of an oyster is also the a response to an alien irritant. Kino makes his living selling pearls and must depend on a ----- relationship with nature Symbol of beauty - -"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." The pearl buyers scorn its beauty but their motives are not honest. To Kino the pearl changes from an object of hypnotic beauty to one of malignant ugliness For Juana and Juan Thomas, who repeatedly warned Kino to throw it away. Without the pearl, evil would not have entered their life and Kino would not have been a killer Symbol of Materialism - -To Kino the pearl represents wealth. Even after Juana decides that the pearl is evil, Kino still sees pictures of what the pearl will buy- rifle, wedding in church and education for his son, but Kino must learn the less, "money cant buy happiness." Who were the three important characters? - -Kino, Juana, and Coyotito What kind of Lifestyle does Kino and his family have? - -they are poor, live in brush houses on the Gulf of mexico while they rely on the sea for food, they rise before the dawn What evidence of belief in superstition can you find? - -Juana chants an old magic spell and she prays a hell Mary. What event in the story does the real action