The totality of Kino’s life is his wife and child, and he is satisfied with this. To make a life for the three of them, and any other children that may come, is all he focuses on. With the finding of the pearl, however, he begins to think of what he can provide for them. It is these dreams that change his life, from protecting his family to protecting the pearl. Even though the pearl means a new life, he begins to do more protecting of the pearl, even striking his wife Juana when she tries to throw it back into the sea. To Juana, the pearl has brought evil. It is true that in the presence of the pearl, Juana thinks that the swelling in Coyotito’s arm from the scorpion sting is fading, but it is the change in Kino that frightens her. Rejecting the pearl merchants’ offers, he keeps the pearl, perhaps to sell in the city. When he kills a man, he intends to flee to safety. He does not want to take Juana and the baby with him, feeling that they would be safer remaining with Juan Tomas and his family. Yet she comes with him, pursued by men to capture him. The result is tragedy for his family.
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