Comparing Kino And Juana

Kino and Juana lived in a brush house by the gulf of Mexico, where they dived and looked for pearl for a living. Kino and Juana had a child named Coyotito. They were living in a low lifestyle with many of people like them. They were happy with everything they had until one day when Kino dived and found the greatest pearl in the world. They thought the pearl would bring happiness, security, and wealth, but instead they faced unhappiness, insecurity and unwealthy.

Before Kino found the pearl, Kino and Juana were happy with everyday life. After they found the pearl, they lost their happiness. Kino became worried about the pearl more than anything, even to himself that he did not even spend time with his family. He started to have trust issues. He became greedy and moody because of the pearl. The most tragedy that happened was that their son was killed while trying to escape from the trackers. The tracker shot his gun toward …show more content…
Their house was burned down by the unknown people that had been stalking on them. Their canoe was destroyed which they do not know who did it but it was destroyed after they found the pearl. The canoe was the only thing that was given from generation to generation. He even lost the worth of the pearl because they threw it back in the ocean. Since, they threw away the pearl, they would never be able to sell the pearl.

Overall, Kino and Juana did not gain anything because of the pearl but they lost their dreams of joyfulness, protection, and richness as well as their baby in this case which would be the most valuable thing they could lose. Their lives were in such horrible tragedies, because of what the pearl brought to them, that they would never be happy again. Their lives could not get any worse than what had happened to them because the pearl was the only hope they had in life. Then it was the only reason why the family got tear apart and