When Coyotito, an infant, is stung by a scorpion, Kino, his father, must find a way to pay the town doctor to treat him. The doctor denies Kino, an indigenous fisherman, out of racism, which enrages him. Shortly thereafter, Kino discovers an enormous, lucid pearl which he is ready to sell to pay the doctor. Everyone calls it "the Pearl of the World," and many people begin to covet it. That very night Kino is attacked in his own home. Determined to get rid of the pearl, the following morning he takes it to the pearl auction in town; however, the auction is actually a corrupt sham and always has been. The buyers normally fake auction each pearl and pretend bid against each other, but in reality they are all paid a salary by a single man, they all turn the pearls over to him and he resells them outside the village, thus cheating the locals. The corrupt pearl buyers try to convince Kino that the pearl is the equivalent of "fools gold" and they refuse to pay any more than incredibly low amounts of money. Kino decides to go over the mountains to the capital to find a better price. Juana, Kino's wife, sees that the pearl brings darkness and greed, and sneaks out of the house late at night to throw it back into the ocean. When Kino catches her, he furiously attacks her and leaves her on the beach.

1. The Pearl
Listening
Task -
Chapter 2

2. Question 1
What do the people of
the village not trust,
and what natural
phenomena makes this so?

3. Question 2
What ‘one thing of
value’ does Kino
own?

4. Question 3
What history does
the canoe have and
what does it mean a
man can do?

5. Question 4
What is wrong with
the treatment that
Juana uses on
Coyotito?

6. Question 5
What does Juana
pray for? And
why?

7. Question 6
How is a
pearl formed?

8. Question 7
What songs surround
Kino? Which song is
the most central in
this moment?

9. Question 8
How does Kino and
Juana act after
discovering the
potential Pearl?

10. Question 9
What must you do
about wanting thing
and how do you act
towards God?

11. Question 10
How is the ‘Great
Pearl’ described?
Use quotes to
support your
answer.

12. Question 11
What could
Kino see in
the reflection
of the Pearl?

13. Question 12
How do the other
pearlers respond
to the discovery
of ‘The Great
Pearl’?