Coyotito Alternate Ending

"And Juana, sitting by the fire hole, watched him with questioning eyes, and when he had buried his pearl she asked, 'Who do you fear?' Kino searched for a true answer, and at last he said, 'Everyone.' And he could feel a shell of hardness drawing over him"(Steinbeck 36).

Though coyotito was small and had no way of talking or communicating, the pearl brought the most evil to him. He was innocent and unaware, but due to his father’s desires, he was murdered. Kino wanted him to have a chance, he wanted him to go to school, and have an education. “My son will go to school,” he said, and the neighbors were hushed.

This intruder made Juanna believe the pearl is evil, and they should get rid of it. Kino ignores this remark, and the next day goes to sell the pearl for money. All the salesmen in town give him low of offers that he rejects. During the night Juanna goes out to throw the pearl in the sea, but Kino chases her down. When Kino gets to her, he grabs the pearl and beats her to a crimple. Kino is walking back to the house when he is jumped by a group of men which he quickly scares off by killing one of them. Juana finds him lying next to the dead man when she quickly decides that they leave because Kino will be labeled as a murder. They are about to leave when they realize their canoe has been trashed, and their house has been set up in flames. With the towns people believing that the whole family has passed in the fire, they hide out in Kino’s brother’s house. After a few day of hiding here, they head for the capital to sell their pearl. The family travels in nightfall to keep from being seen, but to their, surprise they are being followed by three trackers. Kino tries to mislead the trackers, but they catch up and set up camp near by. When Kino goes to attack them, Coyotito starts to cry which wakes up the trackers. One of the trackers fires in direction of Coyotito. Then Kino quickly jumps into action and kills the trackers. When he gets back to his camp, he finds that the shot the tracker took hit and killed his son. Kino and Juana finish their travel the

Third of all it was all put on Kino because in the end his son got shot and ended up dead because there were hunters/trackers looking for Kino and his expensive pearl which he refused to leave behind knowing the harm it would cause in the long run . Plus he was the one who forced Juana and Coyotito to stay uphill and if they went with him then his son would still be alive but no Kino didn't think that was a good idea so there they stayed. The way the baby died was when Kino attacked one of the closest hunters to the ground where they wrestled to the point when the gun went off firing into the hillside sadly killing Coyotito.

When Kino suggests that he goes and Juana hides she refuses. When he commands and says it is his wish she still does not agree. This is the first time she has openly disagreed with Kino and the first time she is taking charge. It shows importance because it is the primary shift of gender roles between the couple even though it is minor. After Coyotito dies in the hands of Juana, Kino is left heartbroken and torn.

At the beginning of the story they both felt content and happy as show in this quote “Sometimes it rose to an aching chord that caught the throat, saying this is safety, this is warmth, this is the Whole.”. They did not even speak because their understanding was so great. But after Kino found the pearl his relationship steadily deteriorates as shown in this quote “"Kino," she said huskily, "I am afraid. A man can be killed. Let us throw the pearl back into the sea." "Hush," he said fiercely. "I am a man. Hush.”. That shows that as time goes by Kino is acting ruder and harshly to Juana all because of the greed the pearl caused. Another example is "This thing is evil," she cried harshly. "This pearl is like a sin! It will destroy us," and her voice rose shrilly. "Throw it away, Kino. Let us break it between stones. Let us bury it and forget the place. Let us throw it back into the sea. It has brought evil. Kino, my husband, it will destroy us." And in the firelight her lips and her eyes were alive with her fear. But Kino's face was set, and his mind and his will were set” this quote shows that Juana is becoming increasingly fearful yet Kino is sure this is the way and is willing to do whatever is necessary to become wealthy. This causes a strain between their relation. Finally the worst thing Kino commits is the act of attacked Juana. He is described as a snake hissing at her and hitting her that makes her fall. He even continues to kick her after she has fallen and she accepts it and knows he may even murder her. This shows that Kino has broken all limits of humanity and is being consumed by

Kino was attacked by mean trying to steal the pearl. He killed one of them in self-defense but Juana tells him that does not matter. He will still face consequences from the townspeople once the body is found in the morning.

Although it isn’t as much of difference as the following chapters, Steinbeck does draw a contrast between Juana and Kino during the first two chapters. Two of the differences between Juana and Kino are their descriptions and actions. Kino describes Juana as, “obedient and respectful and cheerful and patient” which tells us Juana is a strong-willed woman yet obedient to Kino. Kino likes to be in charge of his family, which was normal for the man in their time period. Their actions tell us otherwise though. When Coyotito gets stung by the scorpion, Juana is the one who takes action and attempts to suck the venom out of Coyotito’s wound. Kino stands frozen and waits as Juana tells him and the people to go and get the doctor. This is surprising

After discovering the pearl, however, Kino begins to dream of possibilities for his family, most importantly an education for his son, which was something he previously never thought of as he considered it absolutely out of reach. His dreams gradually start becoming more and more materialistic as he stares at the pearl’s surface. Consequently, he drifts apart from his culture and family customs, he escapes town and ends up killing a man, being inherently deceived by the pearl. When he returns to the village, wrecked by the death of his son, he first offers Juana the chance to throw the pearl into the sea. This indicates that he has learned to value her sense of judgement and is, in a sense, yielding to her. But she insists on Kinoo throwing the pearl into the sea instead and that shows that she remains faithful to their previous alignment of life and as always, seek and strives s to preserve

The pearl's evil infects Kino like a ravaged disease and consumes his mind. He starts off with good intentions, but they become twisted. He wants to sell the pearl and use the money to better his family's lifestyle. He has dreams and goals that each depends on the pearl selling for a good price. Juana sensing the evil and greed coming from Kino attempts to destroy it. Kino beats her unmercifully. "He struck her in the face and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side...He hissed at her like a snake and she stared at him with wide unfrightened eyes, like a sheep before a butcher." Juana sees through the outer beauty of the pearl and knew it would destroy Kino and herself. Kino's vision from the soul becomes blurred by the possible prosperity the pearl will bring. The evil invades Kino's life as well as everyone he knows and loves.

When Kino was looking for a Pearl, he saw an oyster that caught his eye. Kino grabbed it and went back to the boat to start opening the oysters, Kino was anxious for not Knowing if he was going to get a pearl, was so excited,nerves,mad, and sad. When Kino opened the pearl, he yelled with joy, for now he has a pearl. Know when Kino got back to the shore he could pay for someone to help Coyotito. When they were back on land Kino was looking at the pearl ,Juana checked Coyotito. The swelling of the sting on Coyotito was going down. For now Kino had something to be proud of. Within 3 hours the town know about Kino's finding and wanted to know how they could get a part of the finding. The town could care less who got a big pearl they could get

Kino knows right from wrong, he knows being obsessive over a pearl is wrong because it puts too much at stake, majorly the whole as is referred to as the way of life in The Pearl. You may also debate that It 's the pearl’s fault for Coyotito’s death because if Kino

Finally, Kino returns to La Paz and throws the pearl into the sea. Kino, a

At one point family was the first priority for Kino and Juana. There is a quote by Steinbeck, “In Kino’s head there was a song now, clear and soft, and if he had been able to speak of it, he would call it the song of the family” (4). Compared to how Maslow’s they were not self-actualized, but they believed they were. The song of the family made them feel happy and fulfilled. They didn’t have any safety or security but they dealt with things how they could. Kino was an uneducated and ignorant man that didn’t even trust his own wife let alone anybody else. Kino could always rely on Juana to be faithful, reliable. I feel that Juana was one of the only person that trusted him and praised him, not for his knowledge but just for

Toward evening, the local priest visits Kino to bless him in his good fortune and to remind him of his place within the church. Shortly after, the doctor arrives, explaining that he was out in the morning but has come now to cure Coyotito. He gives a powdered capsule and promises to return in an hour. While the doctor is gone Coyotito grows violently ill, and Kino decides to bury the pearl under the floor in a corner of the brush house. The doctor returns and feeds