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The Pearl Death Quotes

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In the the Pearl there were five murders in total within paragraphs 5 and 6. The first was after he beat up Juana for trying to throw the pearl back into the ocean where it belonged, a tall shadowy figure jumped him to get the pearl but kino was the one with the knife. The next three were of the trackers who’ve been following them out of town, after Kino killed the first man. And the last was Coyotito right after Kino killed the last man when he tried to run away. The first murder in the story shows that he has truly changed into someone totally different, it shows us, the readers, his family will never be the same again. On page 59 the text says, “In that instant Juana knew that the old life was gone forever. A dead man in the path and Kino's knife dark bladed beside him, convinced her” This quote is describing how the pearl took kino’s old life and took his best and created it to be his worst. The pearl not only affected Kino’s personality but it turned Juana’s life and turned it inside out. …show more content…

The people he killed were going to kill them or at the least hurt them to get the pearl, so he constructed the plan to basically make it out alive. It says on page 80 “... I must get to him first, then I will be all right...There is no choice, it is the only way. They will find us in the morning.” As he made his plan he refused to let Juana change his mind even if it did mean life or death. He would protect them no matter the cost, if it meant that his wife and baby would be able to

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For me, In The Pearl, the pearl is equal to George and Lennie’s job in Of Mice and Men. The major difference between George and Kino, is that George would give up his job for Lennie in a heartbeat. However, when Juana tried to get rid of the pearl, Kino went so far as to hit her. Not long after that, did Kino kill someone, and his home was burnt to the ground. When Kino stopped Juana, it wasn’t out of love, it was out of greed.

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“Every man suddenly became related to Kino’s pearl, and Kino’s pearl went into the dreams, the speculations, the schemes, the plans, the futures, the wishes, the needs, the lusts, the hungers of everyone, and the only person that stood in the way and that was Kino, so that he became curiously every man’s enemy.” (page 23). This quote states that everyone envies Kino and wants the pearl’s wealth for himself or herself. Later in the book, one of these people will try to take the pearl. This will cause Kino to try to protect the pearl at all costs.

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Juana believed that the pearl had evil spirit to it and that it had bad luck. Once all of the villagers knew that Kino found the pearl they became obsessed with trying to get it. Juana feared that the pearl will ruin their son and her family, but Kino pushes her fear aside not caring since he was going to be rich. Throughout the story Kino’s greed became too much for Juana after her family had been attacked and Kino beaten so badly that he was knocked unconscious. Juana tried to take the problem into her own hands and get rid of the pearl, but Kino was so set on being rich he wouldn’t let her and hit Juana until she was knocked unconscious.

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