The beginning of this book was quite interesting. It started by telling you the morning routine of Kino, the main character. I think this was done to set the scene, show where they are and/or who the are. It might have also been done so that you automatically feel like your in the book since you can kind of picture everything. From what I see he and his wife aren't as close as a normal couple is or should be. The don't talk and she was the last thing he looked at when he woke up, but they both seem to care immensely for their son Coyotito. They tried their best to save their son from the scorpion, Juana saying an "ancient magic" and Kino trying to get the scorpion away from his box. Which brings me to one thing I was wondering. Why did the baby sleep in a hanging box across the room? Wouldn't it be safer for him to be closer to them on the ground? Maybe it's just their culture, or maybe the environment they live in makes it less likely a dangerous animal would harm the baby. I'm not really sure.
I think the Pearl symbolizes something bad, like greed or selfishness. When Kino looked into the pearl he saw all these things he wanted, and they would all eventually be for him. Even when he said that Coyotito would go to school he then said, "he will know and through him we will know" saying that he will finally learn things if Coyotitio learned things. It surprised me that he didn't even think about a doctor for Coyotito. If I had just come across an opportunity for some big money, the first thing I would have thought about was my son's health.
One thing I'm wondering about is the "person" that Kino fought with outside. I honestly believe the pearl is just making Kino paranoid and the person wasn't actually real. I think that when Coyotito got sick again and Kino said "so the doctor knew" was another instance of his paranoia. He thinks everyone is out to get him and his pearl so he now has a hard time differentiating between whats real and what's in his head.
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