Kino's Sacrifice

Sitting all alone at Tomas’ house, Kino was feeling incredibly weak inside but he knew he couldn’t show it. He looked up and saw his wife, Juana. Her eyebrows were furrowed, her lips locked in a straight line. Kino knew this face. He knew he couldn’t hide his feelings from her. Juana grabbed his hand, and pulled him towards their bedroom. That night was quite rough and wild. The cold wind blew strongly against us from the north during the night and that made uncanny noises all over the night. Although Kino’s family was protected by his cousin, his mind was never at peace there. He was really afraid of the noises produced by the wind as he felt the enemies were attacking us. Kino could not sleep calmly due to this.

Honestly, Kino had been losing his sanity in these day as he killed a man. It was his first time to murder someone. Even though it was an enemy he could not accept that he murdered human. He kept asking himself if he did the right thing. Is it, then, so terrible to kill an enemy in war ……?” but…. There is no reason …show more content…
There was still a high wind that moved the branches of the trees and the leaves on the trees were falling by the strong wind. The moon glimmered through the cloud and the weak moonlight shined suspiciously on him. He breathed heavily in the dark and reconsidered the value of the pearl in his mind. He was torn between good and evil. Since ever he found the pearl of the world, his family and he had a run of ill luck. Kino persuaded himself “Maybe Juana was right. The pearl is evil. And now and ever after it obviously brings us misfortune.” It was certain that the pearl could be beneficial for Kino’s future and it could satisfy all of his desires. However, he had been facing a corruption that towards to the simple native Indians from more cultured Europeans. As Europeans were literally selfish and greedy at everything that could turn them to rich, these two worlds could never blend into a united