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1. What happens to Coyotito?
In chapter 6 of The Pearl, Coyotito got his head shot off inside the cave. “And in the surface of the pearl he saw Coyotito lying in the little cave with the top of his head shot away (Pg.89).” Coyotito was shot by a tracker who was hunting down Kino and his pearl. In the beginning of the book the pearl was gonna be used a source to save Coyotito and in the …show more content…
“Kino and Juana strode side by side through the stone and plaster city and down among the brush houses, and the neighbors stood back and let them pass (Pg.89).” As they made their way through the town everyone was silent and observant of them and very few greeted them back. Where Kino and Juana were comfortable and contempt, they were now in a place of strong tension.
4. What do they do with the pearl?
At the end of chapter 6 in The Pearl, Kino takes the pearl and heaves it with all of his might into the ocean. “And Kino drew back his arm and flung the pearl with all his might (Pg.89).” Juana and Kino both wanted nothing to do with the pearl and Juana asked Kino to throw it. What once meant wealth and great living to Kino, now meant nothing but evil to him.
5. What does the return of Kino and Juana and their throwing away the pearl mean symbolically?
At the end of The Pearl, by coming home and disposing of the pearl, I think that Kino and Juana showed that you do not need everything in life to be happy. “And Kino drew back his arm and flung the pearl with all his might (Pg.89).” Kino and Juana threw the pearl into the ocean and wished things had never changed. With all this change and great power, it destroyed their peace and their everyday life. When Kino found the pearl it brought him great joy, and now it brought him regret and