That night, after another attack on Kino, Juana begs him to get rid of the pearl he refuses. Offended, Kino plans to take the pearl to the capital and sell it himself. The dealers, who pretend to compete with each other but actually work for a single company, claim that the pearl has little value and offer a low price. The next day, Kino goes to the pearl dealers to sell the exceptional pearl. During the night, someone tries to steal the pearl, but Kino drives the intruder away. Kino promises to pay the doctor once he sells the pearl. The doctor poisons and then cures Coyotito to make it look like he saved him.
As news of the pearl spreads, the town’s priest and the doctor visit Kino and his family, hoping to profit. With the wealth he hopes to gain from the pearl, Kino plans to buy clothes, tools, and weapons as well as to send Coyotito to school. He soon finds an enormous, perfect pearl. Kino and Juana ask the doctor in the nearby city of La Paz to treat Coyotito, but he refuses since they don’t have enough money.Ī pearl diver by trade, Kino goes to work in the hopes of finding a pearl to pay the doctor. Kino, a young Native Mexican man, wakes up one morning in the brush house where he lives with his wife, Juana, and their infant child, Coyotito.
Content Warning: Please note that this guide references domestic violence, murder, and gun violence against a child.
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