On Wednesday, I finished the last chapter of The Pearl. Kino and Juana travel northward, Kino feels a sense of exhilaration along with his fear. They walk all night and rest during the day so that they may not be found, and attempt to cover their tracks so that they cannot be followed easily. Kino warns Juana that "whoever finds us will take the pearl," but Juana wonders whether the dealers were right and the pearl has no value. Kino says that they would not have tried to steal it if it were not valuable. Kino repeats what they will have once they sell the pearl: the church wedding, the rifle, education for Coyotito. When they stop to rest during the day, Juana does not sleep and Kino stirs as he dreams. When they hear noises from the distance, Kino orders Juana to keep Coyotito quiet. While Juana hides, Kino moves through the brush to see what he heard, and notices in the distance three bighorn sheep trackers, one of whom is on horseback. Kino realizes that if the trackers find them, he must leap for the horseman, kill him and take his rifle. As the horseman passes by Kino, he does not notice him. Kino and Juana both realize that if the trackers find them, they will kill them to get the pearl. Kino and Juana escape into the mountains, not bothering to cover their tracks. Kino orders Juana and Coyotito to leave him, for he can go faster alone, but she staunchly refuses. Kino and Juana take a zigzag path in order to thwart the trackers, and eventually find a small stream and the entrance to a cave. Kino tells Juana to hide in the cave, and he fears that Coyotito will cry, alerting the trackers. While hiding in the cave, Kino finds that the trackers are by the stream. So that he will not be seen, Kino takes off his white clothing and stealthily creeps near them as they rest. The trackers can hear Coyotito, but think that it is merely a coyote pup. As the tracker prepares to shoot what he thinks is a coyote, Kino approaches the trackers and pounces on them. He grabs one of the trackers' rifle and shoots him between the eyes, and stabs another with his knife. The third tracker escapes up the cliff toward the cave, but Kino shoots him. Kino stands silently and hears nothing but the cry of death. Coyotito has been shot. Kino and Juana arrive back in La Paz; he carries a gun while she carries her shawl with a limp, heavy bundle. Their return to La Paz becomes a notable event: "there may be some old ones who saw it, but those whose fathers and whose grandfathers told it to them remember it nevertheless. It is an event that happened to everyone." Juana appears hardened and tight with fatigue. Kino thinks of the Song of the Family, which has become his battle cry. As they return to La Paz, nobody speaks to them and even Juan Tomas cannot bear to say a word. Kino and Juana approach the gulf, and in the surface of the pearl Kino remembers seeing Coyotito lying in the cave with his head shot away. Kino throws the pearl into the ocean. Picture has a link.
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On Wednesday was Veteran's Day. Veterans Day was once known as Armistice Day. The term comes from an armistice between Germany and the Allied Nations on November 11, 1918. Also known the armistice ending on the eleventh hour, of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. World War I actually ended on June 28, 1919, during the Treaty of Versailles. The first Armistice Day was acknowledged on November 11, 1919. Veteran's Day is a Federal holiday. It is always in the eleventh of November. Veteran's Day. In 1954, President Eisenhower officially changed the name of the holiday from Armistice Day to Veterans Day.In 1968, the Uniform Holidays Bill was passed by Congress, which moved the celebration of Veterans Day to the fourth Monday in October. The law went into effect in 1971, but in 1975 President Ford returned Veterans Day to November 11, due to the important historical significance of the date. Britain, France, Australia and Canada also commemorate the veterans of World Wars I and II on or near November 11th: Canada has Remembrance Day, while Britain has Remembrance Sunday (the second Sunday of November). In Europe, Britain and the Commonwealth countries it is common to observe two minutes of silence at 11 a.m. every November 11. The 9.2 million veterans are over the age of 65. The 1.9 million veterans are under the age of 35. The 1.8 million veterans are women. Each year on Veteran's Day we should remember the men and women who served in the armed forces. We should all be thankful for those who serve and protect our country. Picture has a link. Back in the 50s, a lot was going on. The first modern credit card introduced and the first Organ Transplant was done. Yesterday we had 50s day. All of us at school came to school wearing 50s clothes. I wore jeans that I folded at the end, I wore a shirt, and a leather jacket. It was almost close to what they wore in the 50s. So during ELA we researched how it was in the 50s. Like Disneyland was opened and the seat belts were introduced. Here is a timeline about the 1950s. In 1950: first modern credit card introduced, first Organ Transplant, first "Peanuts" cartoon strip, Korean War begins, Senator Joseph McCarthy begins Communist Witch Hunt, U.S. President Truman orders construction of Hydrogen Bomb. In 1951: Color TV introduced, South Africans forced to carry ID cards identifying race, Truman signs Peace Treaty with Japan officially ending WWII, Winston Churchill again Prime Minister of Great Britain. In 1952: car seat belts introduced, the Great Smog of 1952, Jacques Cousteau discovers Ancient Greek Ship, Polio Vaccine Created, Princess Elizabeth Becomes Queen at Age 25. In 1953: DNA discovered, First Playboy Magazine Hillary and Norgay Climb Mt. Everest, Joseph Stalin Dies, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg Executed for Espionage. In 1954: Britain Sponsors an Expedition to Search for the Abominable Snowman, First Atomic Submarine Launched, Jonas Salk's Polio Vaccine Given to Children in Massive Trial, Report Says Cigarettes Cause Cancer, Roger Bannister Breaks the Four-Minute Mile, Segregation Ruled Illegal in U.S. In 1955: Disneyland Opens, Emmett Till Murdered, James Dean Dies in Car Accident, Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins, Ray Kroc Opens His First McDonald's , Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat on a Bus, Warsaw Pact Signed. In 1956: Elvis Gyrates on Ed Sullivan's Show, Grace Kelly Marries Prince Rainier III of Monaco, Hungarian Revolution, Khrushchev Denounces Stalin, Suez Crisis, T.V. Remote Control Invented, Velcro Introduced. |
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