Monday, November 12, 2012

Pre-AP English II: Pearl Chapter One Open-Ended Questions

Thoughtfully respond to the following prompts. Support your answers with text evidence.

Responses should be no longer than 10 lines long. (#4 and the best response from #1-3 will be taken for a grade.)

1. Contrast the character Juana from The Pearl with Mildred from Fahrenheit 451. (You may generalize for Mildred, but please embed specific text evidence for Juana in your response.)

2. Describe an Internal Conflict (person vs. self) and an External Conflict (person vs. other, nature, society, etc.) that occur in Chapter One of The Pearl. (Embed specific text evidence.)

3. Discuss two ways colonialism (Spanish colonizing Mexico) transformed the lives of native people like Kino and his family. (Embed specific text evidence.)

4. How does the introduction of evil (the scorpion) into the story transform the good characters (Kino, Juana, and Coyotito)? (Embed specific text evidence.)

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