WLIRP+Hyeunjin

= = = World Literature Independent Reading Project =

Quarter 1 2009-2010 Note: In order for your book to qualify it must be by an author from a country other than the United States or the United Kingdom OR the primary setting must be outside of the United States or the United Kingdom.


 * Title :The Pearl
 * Author: John Steinback
 * Author’s Nationality: America
 * Setting (only list the primary settings): Mexican Coastal Village, Lapaz Baja Peninsula
 * Total Pages: 90
 * Original Publication Date: 1947
 * If your book is translated, who is the translator? If not translated write “NA” NA
 * Do you currently have a physical copy of the book ?No
 * If you do not have a physical copy, how soon can you get one? (Write “NA” if you have a copy.) in 3 days.

= **Directions:** = 1. If you don’t already, obtain a physical copy of the book and bring it to class when instructed. 2. Become an expert on your book by the end of the first quarter. The quarter ends on October 15th, so you have about seven weeks to complete the book. Keep in mind that you will be reading this book in addition to assigned readings for class, so when the homework load is light read your book. This is also the book you should use for KIS Reads. 3. Read actively by taking notes in the book (use Post-its if it’s on loan), and make sure you understand the main conflicts, how the characters develop, and any major themes. 4. At the end of each weak, write a 100-200 word reflection about your reading. Use your notes or post-its for ideas. 5. Your book will be the basis of a writing project at the conclusion of the first quarter, so keep track of the book.

= **Once your selection has been approved, fill out the following:** = How many pages do you need to read per week to be completed by 15 October, 2009? Week 1: 31 August - 4 September:15 pages Week 2: 7-11 September:15 pages Week 3: 14-18 September:15 pages Week 4: 21-25 September:15 pages Week 5: 28 September - 2 October:15 pages Week 6: 5-9 October:15 pages Week 7: 12-15 October:15 pages You must be completed with your book by Thursday, 15 October, 2009.

=== How is your World Lit. reading going? Are you keeping up with your reading plan?What do you think about your book so far?what are the main conflicts?Are there any particularly interesting characters?Why?Have you noticed any major themes developing? Do you see any connections between your World Lit and anything else you have read recently? ===

= __Reflection Week 3(first reflection)__ = I am keeping up with my reading plan very well. Thus, my world literature reading is going perfect. I am very glad that I have chosen this book, I find this book very interesting. I have read until chapter 3 so far. The main conflicts and major themes of this story is about avarice of human beings. Kino and Juana's son is stung by a scorpion one day, and they visited a rich doctor who even has a servant. In order to afford the payment of the treatment, they dove for the pearls. One day they found a big pearl, very soon everyone including the neighbors,priest and the doctor, hears the news and now they are loyal to the couples. They act kindly, giving nice words. The doctor even asked them if they want to keep the pearl in his house for safety reason. At this point, I would say that the theme is how people around others, can change depending on the power they have. In this sense, this book has a very similar theme with the death of Ivan Ilych. When Ivan Ilych died, all of his friends think about promotions or benefit they would have because of his death. In this book, the doctor, priest and the neighbors are being sarcastic so that the couples can have good impression on them, expecting some kind of profit to themselves.I find the doctor as the most interesting character. While he treats the son, he keeps lying which is very obvious, and he is a boastful person. He would boast about everything that he does to treat the son. Which does not even work and now Juana finds the doctor is very suspicious as her son's health is getting even worse.

= Second reflection =

I have kept a good pace on reading the book, I have kept the reading plan very well. At this point, I am done reading my book "The Pearl". Since, I have done reading the book, I feel that this book makes me to think about the society we are living in once more. That is because the main conflicts of this book was started from the child stung by a scorpion that led his parents to look for the pearl, thus they found a enormous size pearl. The pearl was the hope and future for a moment, but it cause all the troubles, fights, quarrels and even to death. When I was done reading I found Kino as an interesting character. In the beginning of the book, Kino and his wife, Juanna worked well together to do their best to save their son, but since the pearl caused a lot of problems , Juanna decides to throw away the pearl secretly when Kino was not aware of, and once Kino found this out he was enraged and uses violence to Juanna. This made me to think about the theme and I think that the theme of this book is, human being can always change, environments can change them and also, human beings' envy causes troubles and conflicts. Also, I see connections between the book I read for summer reading, "Life of Pi". Pi, when he is on the boat with the tiger, at the first place he feeds him because he does want the tiger to eat him, however later on he feeds him because the tiger is now his colleague. They trust on each other and live together.just like this, in this story "The pearl" even though it is not continued all the way to the end of the story, in the beginning Kino and Juanna are very poor but trust and work hard each other to save their baby.

= World literature independent reading book podcast presentation outline =

->Background information ->Author ->Setting ->Characters ->Summary of the book = = ->Talk about the contents ->The difference between "The pearl " and "Romeo and Juliet' or "life of pi" or "the death of Ivan Ilych"
 * = introduction =
 * = body (primary points of comparison and contrast) =

->Theme of the book ->important lines, or quotes of the book ->suggestion of why you might want to read this book
 * = conclusion =

= podcast =