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8th King The Pearl - OMM prewriting (Important Actions (Juana (She already…
8th King The Pearl - OMM prewriting
Of Mice and Men: Characters
George
Slim tells him that "sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do", which was to kill Lennie before Curley and the others do. You shouldn't let you friend die by a stranger, according to Slim.
Has a good heart-of-gold, he stays with Lennie because he gives George someone to care about and he still looks after Lennie as much as he can.
Slim
Wise tries to help everyone out
masterful, strong, fair-minded, practical, non-talkative
Leader/Head of the Ranch
Does what's best to protect the weak that can't defend themselves
Crooks
Dream : to have his own freedom and contribute to get the farm that George and Lennie are wanting too.
Has been ambitious but starts to lose his dreams because of racial discrimination
Stable hand with big dreams
The Pearl: Characters
Juana
Practical, calm, wise, but follows the more dominant (Kino)
Independently, she is very strong by herself, even Kino
"She could stand fatigue and hunger almost better than Kino himself" a page in the actual book stating that Juana was lowkey more dominant than Kino.
non-talkative,
Kino
He is a "manimal" (man/animal) violence.
He already is a hardworking guy, but once it's a race against time for survival after the finding of the pearl. Kino becomes very ambitious in an attempt to protect his family.
Starts out as a good peaceful guy, and a family man. Until the baby is stung by a scorpion then there is chaos.
Theme:
Shows the hopes of the ambitious and the harsh reality of the American Dream.
Theme:
Do not fall into the evils of greediness and ambitions of it.
Important Actions
Juana
She already saw the evil in the pearl and her first instinct was to get rid of it.
She realizes the thought of wealth has gone to Kino's head, he won't focus on what's more important. The vicious animal comes out in him, once Juana makes an attempt to get rid of the pearl into the water. However, she is still calm and wise through it all.
After her prayers for good fortune in the form of a giant pearl are answered. They may be able to help pay the doctor to cure the baby of the scorpion sting
Slim
Tells and tries to comfort George that he "had to do what he had to do" he thinks it's wrong for a stranger to kill your bestfriend
Kino
After Kino finds the pearl he becomes ambitious to help his family come to wealth, and help Coyotito with his scorpion sting
Kills the demon inside of the pearl and kills the 3 trackers viciously, but it harms Coyotito
Tries to sell the pearl, but it gets too overwhelming
Crooks
He comes back to reality and just lets it go, because of racial discrimination (it'll be hard to do so)
He's friendly when you get to know him more, for example when Lennie talked to him and more people joined the convo.
Has big dreams and plans to work hard at trying to bud into the dream farm plan that Lennie and George have.