After reading The Pearl, I would love to know if Juana had any more children, if Kino was able to live in the village, and how it would go if anyone ever found the pearl again. Foremost, it is a conundrum if Juana ever would be able to raise a child again. Kino illustrates that “This was Juana’s first baby-this was nearly everything in Juana’s world” (9). From this quote we can hypothesize it would be devastating for Coyotito to die. So when the innocent Coyotito was shot and killed on page 84, I couldn’t help but wonder if Juana had broken down so much that she could never carry another child in her arms. Furthermore, the mystery of whether Kino could live in the village of a man he likely killed certainly keeps me awake at night. On page
