The Black Pearl - Scott O'Dell

Significance
Perspective
Evidence
Connection
Supposition

Significance
This book is an important book because it teaches responsability and ownership. The theme that the author chose to write about is that just because you become popular to some people, doesn't mean you won't have people that are not fans of yours. In this book, the boy finds the largest black pearl in the town, and most of the people praise him and like him, but there is one man who doesn't like him and threatens him with his life to show where he found the pearl. the boy leads him to where he found the pearl. In the end, the manta diablo makes a wave so big that the man and everything else get washed over board- everything except for the boy and the black pearl. I chose to read this book because I knew that I enjoyed reading two of Scott O'Dell's other books, so I assumed that this book would be good as well.

Perspective
This book was written by Scott O'Dell. He wrote the story from the boy's perspective. If I had to explain this book to a third grader, I would probably say something like; "There was this boy who worked at a pearl shop. One day, he went into the ocean to look for pearls, and he found a black pearl the size of a small soccer ball! There was a man who wanted to know where the boy found that pearl, that way he could find some just like it. He made the boy take him to the place where he found the pearl. The monster, that lived in the place where the boy found the pearl, came up and washed the man overboard. The boy and the black pearl were the only things that survived. THE END. :-)

Evidence
The argument that the author is trying to make in this story, is that just because you become popular to some people, doesn't mean you won't have people that are not fans of yours. The author supports this argument by adding in clues throughout the story.

Connection
This book does not apply to me because I have never had an experience like this before because I am not someone who ever goes pearl diving. I also don't know anyone else who can relate to this because I don't know anyone who is a pearl diver. (Iwill not write anymore because this book doesn't sonnectto me at all.)

Supposition
I predict that in the next book, the boy will go back and find a bunch more black pearls and even bigger than the first one. If this took place in the 1500's, than the situation would be much different. For example; Instead of living in a luxurious house, the boy might have lived in a cottage or something.