Rhetorical Analysis Of The Pearl '

Juan Tomas said, “You have defied not the pearl buyers, but the whole structure, the whole way of life. I am afraid for you.” What he meant was that Kino has defied how everything has gone on for years, and that is that they are cheated out on money from when they are born until they are dead “It's is hard to know, but we do know that we are cheated at birth our coffins.” (pg. 54). The Spanish cheat the Indians on their money because the Indians aren’t powerful enough to do anything about it. Juan Tomas is afraid that there will be an uproar and he doesn't even know what will happen if that does happen. “You are walking on new ground, you do not know the way & but suppose you are correct-suppose your pearl is of great value- do you think

then the game is over?” (pg.54). It is this because the Indians are basically ruled by the “superior” Spanish. The Indians believe that the Spanish are greater than them and accept it as it is: that they are being cheated out of their life and can’t do anything about it. We know this in the beginning when the narrator compares the houses of the Indians to the houses of the Spanish. This happens once Coyotito gets stung and the narrator shows us the neighborhoods of the Spanish and the clothes compared to the Indians houses and the Indian clothes.

Chapter 5
Why did Kino’s family leave the village?
Kino’s family left the village because, in the night Juana took Coyotito, and the pearl, to throw the pearl back into the sea because she saw more evil in it than opportunities for her family (pg 58).

Kino attacked Juana and took the pearl. Later he went back to see that people were by his hut looking to steal the pearl (pg 59). They take the pearl from Kino and flee the scene. Juana then finds the pearl that the thieves dropped along the trail. Shortly afterward, Kino and Juana go to the Sea shore to get to the boat that they would take to the Capital, to realize it had been destroyed (pg 62). They then return home only to see that their hut it had been burned to the ground. So now Kino, Juana, and Coyotito take refuge from the thieves and any more harm to come to them in Juan Tomas’ house and decide they will go north to get rid of the pearl that has brought more bad than good to their family (pg 64-67). This is Ironic because when Kino first found the pearl he stated he would not let greed take over him. The events afterward look as if the greed has taken over Kino. The narrator makes it seem that once Kino and Juana leave the village for the north I think that no more good will come to them. Such as, Kino attacking Juana again or the thieves finding them and taking the pearl. If the characters were smart, they would get rid of the pearl for it has obviously corrupted Kino’s good will. But they also need the pearl because they care about Coyotito and they want her to

have a successful life. But this all goes back to chapter 4: they need the pearl, the pearl gives them money but because they believe the money is why they are cheated out of life.