How Has The Pearl Changed Kino's Character

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First I will be telling you how the pearl changed Kino’s character over the course of the novel. He went from living a happy and calm life, to gaining wealth and destroying his innocence. Kino prays for wealth to be able to help his poisoned son, his life then changes forever when Kino goes diving and came across a sacred pearl. The pearl had great fortune, with this he could now do many things such as give his son a good education, marry his wife, Juana, in a proper church, etc. Then the pearl begins to give them bad luck, people begin to break into their house for the pearl. Kino tries to sell the pearl but he wasn’t getting offered the amount he wanted. Juana tries to throw the pearl away, but Kino was obsessed with it and out of anger beats

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