Define the word tradition in The Pearl by John Steinbeck?

the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation, or the fact of being passed on in this way

Tradition in this instance refers to the information, the stories, that are told rather than written down.

Explanation: Information Remembered

its everything except for telling nonfiction and using first person

- "a nonrestrictive clause functions as a modifier to a noun (that is an object, person or concept). these clauses can be described by the following three options: it is set off by comas, it contains a subject and a verbs and it adds nonessential information to the sentence.

for example, in "here is bill gates, who confounded microsoft software company" we can identify "who confounded microsoft software company" as a nonrestrictive clause modifying the noun bill gates. this clause can be describes as a nonrestrictive clause because it is separated by a comma, it adds nonessential information to identify who bill gates is and it must contain both a subject (who) and a verb (confounded)."