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In Steinbeck’s novel, The Pearl, family plays an important role in the story because Kino’s family supported Kino throughout the story even in his descent to madness, They advised Kino the best they could, although, Kino never made the best choices, his family was there for him as a support. Kino’s loyalty to his family affected his actions because that loyalty drove him into finding and selling his pearl, later on in the story, the pearl detached him from his own emotions and he started to have more loyalty to the pearl more than his wife and brother and this caused him to punch Juana and become manic. Juan Tomas was not correct for shielding Kino from the law because Kino shouldn’t have murdered anyone in the first place, it was his fault,
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