The Pearl Entry 2

Kino has been shown to be violent since the very beginning of this book when he squashed that scorpion to smithereens, but he has gone over the edge now. Killing 4 people in about 3 days is crazy, which is exactly what I think the pearl has made him. Lately I've noticed the book has been referring to Kino as an animal, which is a perfect comparison. Animals have no regard for other animals, no mercy. They do what they have to to protect and provide for themselves and their family, just like Kino. It also shows how far from a human he has become since he discovered the pearl.

Going along with the animal thing I noticed in the end when Coyotito was crying one of the trackers said that it sounded like the cry of a coyote pup. From my almost four years of Spanish, I know that "ito" usually means little, and "Coyot" sounds like and looks like coyote. So Coyotito could mean little coyote which could allude to the fact that he is the son of a so called animal. Speaking of Coyotito, I'm still kind of confused about the way he died. Did Kino accidentally shoot him or was it one of the trackers? And if he did accidentally get shot, how did that happen if he was in the cave? Maybe Juana put Coyotito in her shawl and went to go check on Kino when a shot was fired and Coyotito became a human shield. Its sad what greed can do to not only you but to your family

In the end I'm glad that Kino finally decided to get rid of the pearl like Juana had asked, it's just sad that the death of his son made him realized that that had to be done. In the beginning I remember that Juana had predicted that it would happen. She asked him to get rid of it because it was evil and that it would destroy everyone, even their son. Kino became really attached to the pearl though. At one time he even said it was his soul, which would explain some things. Like how towards the end when he looked into the pearl he saw the bad and evil things instead of the nice things he had seen in the beginning. His soul had become tainted and evil, causing the pearl to show that on it's surface. Once Coyotito died, his soul had become empty and that's the reason why when he threw the pearl into the ocean, it was gray and dull and why once it settled into the ocean it disappeared and the music stopped. Although his greed and paranoia ended up  disappearing along with the pearl, so did his family.