Realistic Fiction
 

Plot:

 The book is about a fisherman that is really poor and he lives in a hut with his wife and baby. They make their money by getting fish from the lake. His brother is also a fisherman. One day a scorpion stings his son but the doctor will not help because they are too poor. They go out into the lake and look for clams to sell. Instead of finding a lot of clams, they find something better; a pearl. After they get the pearl they try to sell to the buyers but they offer a little amount. Once the news spreads about someone finding a big pearl, soldiers come to look for them. They end up running away and getting rid of the problem: the pearl.

good:

The good thing about the text is that it has a good climax. The climax is when the fisherman finds the pearl. It is always good to see someone get something when they deserve it. It shows that when you have something like a pearl in a poor town it is bad for you because it will cause your life to be nothing but chaos.

weaknesses:

The only bad thing that I didn't like was when something good happened to a person then it came right back at them in a really bad way. If the family kept the pearl and their life didn't turn out to be a horrible deal, then it would of been better.....to me, anyway.
 

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