No Pretty Pictures Essays - The Pearl, English-language Films

No Pretty Pictures 1. What were your feelings after reading the first chapters of the book, After reading the first half, After finishing the book. When I first started reading this book, I thought it was going to be very draggy, and that there would really be no story to it. And that it would be such a hard book to get through even though it was so short. Then as I started getting further and further into the story it got more interesting. I started to enjoy reading it about half way through. Some things seem a little far fetched, that's what you get when you read fiction though. I don't really like fiction, so it all seems fake to me. There were some pretty interesting things that happened to Kino and his wife Juana. I liked the book, when it was over, I thought that it was a good book to have read. The ending I think is the best, I usually don't like endings that end quickly but for some reason I thought it fit this story. 2. Did this book make you laugh? Cry? Cringe? Smile? Cheer? Explain. Well there were a lot of different emotions that I felt during this book. So many good things and bad things happened. In the beginning I just couldn't wait to get done the book. Then when Coyotio got stung, I felt bad. And then I felt even worse when Kino didn't have money to hire a doctor. But it was cool that he happened to find a pearl that he thought was worth a lot of money. I could go on like this through the whole story, for every time that my emotions changed. But basically in the end I was sad. I didn't like the idea that the baby dies, after all of that started just because Kino wanted to save his son's life. And the baby dies in the end. So over all I would have to say that the story made me cry (even though I never actually cried or cheered or smiled). 3. What connections are there between the book and your life. The only connection I can see between the book and my life would be the need for more money. I see that with anyone though. Everybody always wants more money. I don't need anymore, but we all want more. And as Kino proved, people will do whatever they can to get the most money out of something. It's just human nature now to get as much money as you can, and be greedy basically. 4. What is the most important word in the book. There really isn't one word that sticks out from the book other than the most obvious. Pearl. It is what the book is based on. The pearl is what was going to save Kino and his family, but at the same time it was what destroyed his family. Or so they think, and I believe that it did to though. Most important passage This is a tough question because the story was basically narrated, and I don't think that too many narrated things are very good passages that stick in your mind. But one small thing, was when Kino's brother told him to follow god. I thought that was pretty good, and his wife told him to do the same thing when he was going to kill the trackers and she was hiding in the woods. Most important Event The whole reason why any of this started was when the baby (Coyotio was stung by a scorpion) so I believe that must be the most important event otherwise there really wouldn't be a story! 5. Who should or shouldn't read this book? I don't really think that there is really any specific group of people that shouldn't read this book, I think that anyone who wants to read a ?to-the-point? book that is good, should read it. And you have to be the type of person that can stand not having the characters themselves tell the story. 6. What was the best part of the book? I think the best part of the book was when Kino and his family were running from the town and the trackers. It was interesting how they would