How Does Steinbeck Present Juana's Relationship In The Pearl

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In the pearl book, there was a character named Kino and Juana. In the beginning it started as a regular family with lots of joy. Juana and Kino weren’t living in a great place, but at least they had a shelter. Juana and Kino had a son named coyotito, which was sleeping in a box. Then throughout the story, they founded a pearl in a lake, which brought a little trouble with Kino’s and Juana’s relationship.
I think Kino and Juana’s relationship is normal like a regular relationship because they help each other and treat each other like a normal relationship would. In Chapter 3, Juana said, “This thing is evil, she cried harshly. The pearl is like a sin! It will destroy us, and her voice rose shrilly. Throw it away, Kino. Let us break it between stones. Let us bury it and forget the place. Let us throw it back into the sea. It has brought Evil. Kino my husband, it will destroy us.”
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If we compare this to a normal relationship, it shows that they treat each other like a normal relationship as husband and wife because Juana cares about Kino and Coyotito, so she want to get rid of it. Juana prefers to stay poor and continue their life like this because she prefer her family, then the pearl. Also, in chapter 3 Kino responded, “This is our one chance, he said. Our son must go to school. He must break out of the pot that hold us in.” This shows that Kino also care about the family and care about Coyotito’s education. This shows that Kino doesn’t want to keep the pearl for bad, he want to keep it to support his family. This is what a normal relationship would do. Then, in chapter 4, Kino was attacked again but, he dint know by who and Juana told him again that the pearl was evil and they he must get rid of before it was too late, but Kino

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