Juana insists on Kino throwing the pearl back into the ocean for closure and to relieve him and his wife of the previous stress and dangers that have consumed their minds. When Kino discovered the pearl, he manifested numerous dreams for his family, such as a formal marriage and education for his son, Coyotito. By the end of the parable, Coyotito has passed away after being shot by trackers seeking the pearl and its fortune. Kino needed closure to realize that the dreams he had created regarding the pearl are going to have to wait for a different time in his life or aren’t going to happen at all. Kino had also just experienced a stressful and dangerous time in his life. He and his family had just been in hiding to escape the attackers that
