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'The pearl is the source of evil to Kino's family.' Discuss this statement with reference to John Steinbeck's novel, The Pearl

      

'The pearl is the source of evil to Kino's family.' Discuss this statement with reference to John Steinbeck's novel, The Pearl

  

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Martin
The night that the doctor visited Kino in his brush house, an intruder attempts to rob him of the pearl. Even though Kino stabs him, he is left badly bruised.

Kino fails to eat supper and remains sleepless just to protect the pearl.

On the night that Kino kept vigil, he senses danger, moves outside his brush house but unfortunately gets assaulted by a stranger. He is left half-conscious injured and in torn clothes.

When Juana gets the pearl from the fireplace and runs with it towards the sea shore to discard it, Kino runs after her. He snatches the pearl from her and punches on the face.

On his way from the sea shore, he is accosted by a group of men; eyeing the pearl. In the course of the chaos, Kino stabs one of his attackers to death.

After committing murder, Kino and Juana resolve to flee from their ancestral home to the city.

As Kino gets his canoe set for the escape, he realizes it is impossible since someone had dug a hole on it.

He rushes towards his brush house only to realize that it is on fire, and neighbors are trying to extinguish the flame.


marto answered the question on August 27, 2019 at 06:20


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