The Pearl Family

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The role that family plays in The Pearl is that family is what The Pearl revolves around, when Kino finds the pearl he keeps it because he wants to help his family. His family is always there for him,especially Juana and Juan Tomas even after everything that he has done. This affects his actions in a way that he believes that no matter what he does they will always help him and they do. Juan Tomas was correct to shield kino from the law after he committed murder because one, the murder was out of self-defense and two wouldn’t you protect your family when you knew they weren’t being given a fair shot. Juana is not correct to be so submissive to Kino because women don’t need men but Juana feels like she does. Both characters have a choice because