Following the successful Thinking Shakespeare series, author Jeff Lilly brings the Bloom's Taxonomy approach to great works of literature. Designed to make literature accessible, this series uses Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives as a basis for a range of progressively more demanding exercises supplemental to the study of the selected texts. Students will begin by remembering details and end by developing and expressing their own ideas. Never far away is the intention to foster a sense of enjoyment in the work being studied. The fourth book in the series examines Steinbeck's classic novel of greed, obsession and tragedy, The Pearl.