In The Pearl, John Steinbeck uses the protagonists to show how their relationship changes throughout the book as they are challenged by events that occur. Juana has a typical husband relationship where he is the man of the house, and he is the person that is suppose to support the family. When women got married, the man is suppose to be the person that Coyotito is now hurt, but when they take him to the doctor, the doctor will not see him. Whenever Kino has to go find a pearl, because it's the only option he has, leads to Juana and Kinos relationship. Its now altered that Kino has found this amazing pearl, that can give them the main things that Kino and his family dreamed of having.Kino put his family second behind the pearl because he said “This pearl has become my soul,” said Kino. “If I give it up I shall lose my soul. Go thou also with God.” Juana knew that her relationship and her family is not as important as before. One example of this typical husband and wife relationship, is when the doctor finds out that Kino has the pearl and is being greedy. Kino told Juana to let the doctor see their baby because she didn't want the doctor to until Kino told her to. She also thought that he was very untrustworthy.“ Kino nodded, and only then did she let the …show more content…
But Juana told him that was a bad plan. Looking at a quote, Juana said “No,” she said. “We go with you.” Juana disagreed with him at this moment because she knew that if they had come out of hiding then they all would have been killed because those men wasn't going to just kill Kino and take the pearl and leave. They couldn't not have any witness to see what would have happened. Juana starts to stand up to Kino and gaining confidence in this situation, but mainly steps out of her comfort