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7th<allen> the pearl by john.steinbeck (summary (ch 3 (4, 4, 3, 5, 2…
7th<allen> the pearl by john.steinbeck
history of the yucatan peninsula starting 1400
3 because the people of mexico were constantly at war with each other, and vulnerable to the diseases the spanish brought ,29 years after cortez arrives, 29 million native americans are dead
4 as a result, the Dominant culture in mexico became Spanish (catholic). they became rich, while the natives (polytheistic) became poor
2 cortez (spain) arrives in mexico in 1540 with 500 men in 10 boat with 50 horses and about 100 dogs of war.
5 there is a hierarchy with the Spanish at the top and the Indians at the bottom.
1 aztecs and other tribes lived in present day mexico where the aztecs engaged in industrial murder
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5 Juana chews up seaweed for a poultice to put on coyotitos sting and its just as good as anything that "costs money" juana prays to god and other older gods of her people for a great pearl to pay the doctor bill
4 they decide to take the baby to the doctor and the whole village follows, as the get into town, the beggars even follow to see what drama will happen at the doctors. the doctor refuses to see the baby because they are poor and kino hits wall and busts knuckles
3 Juana wants the doctor to come and see the baby the townspeople say the doctor will not come he never comes. the doctors rich and fat and Spanish and lives in the city
2 during breakfast, coyotito is stung by a scorpion. when the baby screams Juana sucks the poison out. the entire village shows up to see whats wrong with the baby
1 kino gets up in the morning and goes out to watch the sunrise over the water. his wife Juana is making breakfast and his baby has gone back to sleep. Everything is perfect
6 kino and juana and coyotito go out in the canoe to drive for pearls. Juana paddles as well as any man
7 kino is proud and strong and can stay on the bottom digging pearls for over 2 mins without strain
8 kino finds a great pearl in and yells in celebration when he gets to the surface which causes the other men to paddle towards his canoe
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setting : la paz the coast of the baja peninsula