matter of time. Kino became very frustrated by all of the nonsense that was going on. His wife Juana even urged him to throw the pearl back into the sea where he found it.They both decide that they will leave their home in the morning and set off for the north. But when they wake up a man attacks Kino, who quickly fights off the man and eventually kills him. Fire is also set onto Kinos home destroying it and many other homes. Kino and his family hide out at Juan Tomas house for a few days. Now Kino, Juana, and Coyotito are ready to escape from this nightmare and begin a journey. They set off at night, and travel only at night. During the day, they hid from the trackers. They continue traveling until one day the trackers come extremely close to Kino. Coyotito is mistaken by one of the trackers as a coyote. Out of instinct, the tracker shoots and instantly kills Coyotito. Juana and Kino are stunned by the sudden turn of tragic events and decide to return home. Upon their arrival home, they both agree that the pearl has caused them enough bad luck. Therefore.. the pearl is thrown into the sea, never to be found again. Protagonist: The main character of the pearl would definitely have to be Kino. Kino is a very hard working pearl diver. However, although he is hard working, that does not mean that he is very bright. For example, long before many misfortunes occurred, Juana urged Kino to throw the pearl back into the sea. But Kino, wanting to be rich and never have to work again wanted to have something that he had never experienced before,wealth. He wanted to keep trying to sell the pearl even though deep down he new that a store owner would not pay an Indian more than 1,500 pesos for the pearl. The main reason for finding the pearl was to get Coyotito better. That tune quickly surfaced into a must get money for pearl journey for Kino. Style: The author of this book, John Steinbeck had a very good use of description for his characters...
