Be prepared to discuss these questions in class on Thursday, December 2, 2010.
If you missed the seminar, submit well-thought out written responses to two questions (100%; one question=80%).
If you were in class and did not respond twice, use the back of your remaining half-sheets ("buns") to respond to the questions. If you respond to a question discussed in class, your response must add to the conversation we had. (+10 pts. each.)
WORLD CONNECTION QUESTIONS
Can a person change his/her destiny? --E.V. (1st)
When faced with a decision where every outcome seems negative, how do you finally make your choice? --A.P. (7th)
What do you do when you realize the path you are going down in life is leading you away from where you want to be? --M.V. (8th)
CLOSE-ENDED QUESTIONS
What's the meaning of the baby's name (Coyotito)? --L.A. (1st)
What did Juana do to heal Coyotito of the scorpion sting? --A.R. (7th)
OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS
In what ways did the pearl change Kino? --M.S. (3rd)
How does Juana's personality change over the course of the novel? --T.B. (3rd)
Why does Coyotito "have" to die? --M.M. (8th)
UNIVERSAL THEME / CORE QUESTIONS
If you found the "pearl of the world" how do you feel your responsibilities would change? --A.V. (1st)
If a friend suddenly became rich, how would your friendship change? --K.M. (8th)
LITERARY ANALYSIS QUESTIONS
Why did the narrator introduce Kino's "songs" to the reader? --U.V. (3rd)
Why does Steinbeck use the pearl as a symbol of destruction, rather than hope? --M.R. (7th)
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