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This book The Black Pearl is about a young boy named Ramón taking place in Baja California, the Mexican peninsula that runs south from California into the Pacific Ocean. From the depths of a cave in the Vermilion Sea, Ramon Salazar found a black pearl. The pearl was so lustrous and captivating that his father, an expert pearl dealer, is certain Ramon has found the legendary Pearl of Heaven. Such a treasure is sure to bring great joy to the villagers of their tiny coastal town, and even greater renown to the Salazar name. No diver, not even the boastful Gaspar Ruiz, has ever found a pearl like this. For this pearl there is a price to pay for a prize so great. When a terrible tragedy strikes the village, old Luzon's warning about El Diablo returns to haunt Ramon. If El Diablo actually exists, it will take all Ramon's courage to face the winged creature waiting for him offshore. …show more content…

In the text The Pearl a man named Kino has to go through a similar situation as Ramón does. Juana’s prayers for a great pearl are answered when Kino surfaces with the largest pearl either of them has ever seen. In The Black Pearl Ramón also finds a great pearl that is thought to be the pearl of heavens. In The Black Pearl Ramón’s father says “You have in your hand the pearl of the universe, The Paragon of Pearls, The great Pearl of Heaven (69)!” Like in The Pearl there is different ending for The Black Pearl. In the text The Pearl Kino throws the pearl back into the water where it came from. In The Black Pearl Ramón gives the pearl back to the church, “In her hands I placed the great black pearl. This now is a gift of adoration, a gift of love (137). ” In conclusion The Black Pearl reminds me of the text The

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