POST READING- MR KNOW ALL

"In the end, it turned out that the real pearl was Mr.Kelada."

Cultured pearls which  are created or made by people, are not natural or genuine as real pearls are. Cultured
pearls, compared to real pearls, look beautiful but are mass produced and not unique.

Max Kelada is presented as a typical Levantine in the beginning. He is informal, loud, dogmatic and a know all. However, at the end Mr. Kelada behaved like a gentleman. We find out that Mr. Kelada is actually a pragmatic 

person.

Thus, in the beginning Mr.Kelada is presented as a shell, a metaphor for a person who is hard to like. However, in 

the end, due to the good deed that Mr. Kelada had done for Mrs. Ramsay, the narrator suddenly noticed the nature and pure soul of him. 

Meaning, he saw in front of his eyes the shell opened, and inside a shiny pearl.

Mr. Kelada is the "real pearl" in the story.

REFLECTION- MR.KNOW ALL

1. 

I enjoy reading the story "Mr. know all" by W.Somerset Maugham for one main aspect. The story reflects our reality which deals with prejudice, hasty judgments and stereotypes.  This story shows that first impressions and appearances are often misleading and deceptive. The story proves us that we should make some little changes in our society.

I found interest in the story because of the strong message which is conveyed through the story. The moral says that we must not judge a person by his looks, color or origin or generalize according to our own prejudices.

2.
What I found surprising about the story, is that although Mr.Kelada proved the narrator the he is the exact opposite of what he had thought of him, the narrator still could not defeat his racism against Mr. Kalada. Instead of changing completely his point of view about Mr. Kelada, he just said that he did not dislike entirely Mr. Kelada.

3. Learning about the thinking skill influenced my understanding of the story by helping me understand the characters of the story more deeply.

The thinking skill Explaining Patterns helps me understand the story from Mr. Kelada's pattern of behavior, which was like a know-all and always right, it makes me appreciate the great effort he had to make to admit he was wrong.

The thinking skill Uncovering Motives helps me understand that Mr. Kelada's motive was to protect Mrs. Ramsay in order to keep her marriage and that is why he did not reveal her secret.