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In the endless war against weakness and despair, these are the bright rally-flags of hope and of emulation. The pearl's value has made it evil.The writer is delegated to declare and to celebrate man's proven capacity for greatness of heart and spirit - for gallantry in defeat - for courage, compassion and love. Kino has been forced to do terrible things to survive and to protect the pearl from being stolen. He attacks, swiftly and brutally, killing all three men who were tracking his family in a quest to steal his great pearl. ![]() He feels trapped because there is no way for them to escape the trackers.Įvil 11: In the struggle to protect his family and survive, Kino turns into a killing machine. ![]() He knows that they will find them and kill them for the pearl. He wakes and discovers trackers are following his family. He begins to realize the evil the pearl contains, but still refuses to give it up.Įvil 10: In a dream, Kino has a premonition of danger. The Pearl is making everyone turn against them, and Kino and Juana know that they are no longer safe in their village, and must escape.Įvil 9: Kino looks into the pearl expecting to see visions of the dreams he had the night after he found the pearl, but the only things he sees are the horrible things that have happened to his family since he found the pearl. Those who covet the great pearl destroy everything that Kino and Juana have in their attempts to find it. Then Kino's hut is burned after someone searching for the pearl has ransacked it. It has brought injury and danger, and now it pulls Juana and Kino away from each other.Įvil 8: Kino is forced to kill a man to defend himself and the pearl. Juana and Kino are so close to one another that conversation isn't even needed, and yet the pearl is able to divide them. The evil power of the pearl is strong enough to inspire violence between them. His pearl has turned friends into enemies they are jealous and envy the pearl of the world that Kino has found.Įvil 7: The pearl turns Juana and Kino against one another. The buyers are aware of the pearl's tremendous value, and intend to con the "uneducated native " he will trust them because they are the "experts."Įvil 6: Kino believes that his friends will help protect him from the evils that might befall him because of the pearl, but instead of finding protection with his neighbors, he is attacked. They have planned to convince him that his pearl is worthless and pretend that they're doing him a favor by taking it off his hands. The pearl brings evil in the form of greed: many seek to take advantage of Kino's newfound wealth.Įvil 5: The buyers work together to cheat Kino of his pearl and intend to give him very little money for it. ![]() He pretends as if he doesn't know of Kino's pearl, yet the only reason he has condescended to treat an Indian baby was to try and seek out where Kino might be hiding it. Because Kino and Juana are uneducated, they are afraid to doubt the doctor's word, and he uses it to profit from their newfound wealth. Their goal is to cheat him and ruin his plans of happiness and peace for his family.Įvil 4: The doctor comes to take advantage of Kino's ignorance by making Coyotito sick and pretending that his illness is the result of the scorpion sting. He will try to cheat them or abuse them as his people have always done to Kino's own race.Įvil 3: The buyers are out to take advantage of Kino and his pearl. Kino knows that the doctor is of the race that has abused Kino's own people for four hundred years despite the fact that they need the doctor's help, Kino knows that the doctor is still the enemy. ![]() The Song of Evil comes when anything threatens the family, and Kino does all that he can to destroy the evil and hush the sinister melody of the Song of Evil so that the Song of Family can return.Įvil 2: Kino hears the Song of Evil again when he and Juana stand at the gates of the doctor's house. But when he spots the scorpion dangling above Coyotito's bed, Kino recognizes the strains of the Song of Evil that recur throughout the story. Until that moment, Kino's home is peaceful, filled with the Song of Family. The Pearl Topic Tracking: Evil Topic Tracking: EvilĮvil 1: Evil is introduced in the form of the scorpion that stings Coyotito.
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