10. C- Chapter 2 Blog Post
Learning Target 5-Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
"An accident could happen to these oysters, a grain of sand could lie in the folds of muscle and irritate the flesh until in self-protection the flesh coated the grain with a layer of smooth cement" (16).
Pearls are created by accident, after the oyster is harmed. The defense mechanism for the oyster is to coat the harmful sand with a layer of plaster, which creates valuable pearls.
How does this text from the book hint at one of the themes of the story? How can this relate to our lives?
Create a blog post with evidence from the book to answer the above question.
"An accident could happen to these oysters, a grain of sand could lie in the folds of muscle and irritate the flesh until in self-protection the flesh coated the grain with a layer of smooth cement" (16).
Pearls are created by accident, after the oyster is harmed. The defense mechanism for the oyster is to coat the harmful sand with a layer of plaster, which creates valuable pearls.
How does this text from the book hint at one of the themes of the story? How can this relate to our lives?
Create a blog post with evidence from the book to answer the above question.