Kino's Awakening: A Short Story

After the death of Kino's son he was no longer happy and he probably never will be. The pearls purpose was to provide for Coyotito. Kino was going to give his son an education so he could have a decent life when he was older. Therefore without Coyotito the pearl had no value to Kino.

Kino no longer saw the pearl as “beautiful, rich and warm and lovely” (19), but rather “gray and ulcerous” (89). The melody that was “glowing and gloating and triumphant” (19) was now twisted, “distorted and insane” (89). Because of people imposing their selfish desires on the pearl, it was ugly to Kino. He, through the death of his son, understood that the people of his village had corrupted the pearl with what should have been a beautiful, elegant means for a better future. However, once Kino and Juana threw the pearl back into the gulf, it “settled into the lovely green water…the waving branches of the algae called to it and beckoned to it” (90). The pearl becomes destructive and dangerous when it is entangled with notions of material value. However, it is returned to its original beauty only after it is thrown into the gulf. Kino’s action of throwing it back into the ocean represents him finally rejecting the greed that consumed him.

In the beginning of the book, Arnold started off feeling a bit hopeless in a way. Up to chapter 14 Arnold began to be more confident about his abilities. An example of Arnold feeling hopeless is on page 13 where Arnold says “It sucks to be poor, and it sucks to feel that you somehow deserve to be poor…” In that paragraph he was feeling hopeless about his life on the rez. An example that describes Arnold being more confident is on page 45 when he decides to transfer to Reardan “‘I want to go to Reardan,’ I said”. Even though he knew he was going to be discriminated, he took the chance to a better future. It’s important that he does this because he’s doing what he has to do to achieve his dreams. What helps Arnold make his decision is when his

Landin awoke; completely nauseated he begin to question why he was laying there. Looking over to his left he sis his sister walking around with a bucket and half a glass of water. Entering through the door she hands him the glass of water, while setting the bucket on the ground for his later use. He takes a few sips of the water before she puts her hand palm out gesturing for him to stop. She leaves the room momentarily. Landin is confused until she re-enters the room with a few pills of medication. Handing over the pills Landin takes them without question. He then feels the cold metal of the bucket being placed in his lap. Almost like an immediate reaction to the chilling sensation of the rusted metal he lean forward beginning to release

I think he it wasn’t a great decision not to listen to Aunty. He only listens to other people. It wasn’t even his idea to leave the house. Edmund’s sister convinced him to leave the house and get food. Edmund could have easily said no and Sis wouldn’t go missing. He should’ve listened to Aunty.

I found another indicator. “Kino moved cautiously so that the water would not be obscured with mud or sand......Kino, in his pride and youth and strength, could remain down over two minutes without strain, so that he worked deliberately, selecting the largest shells. Because they were disturbed, the oyster shells were tightly closed. A little to his right a hummock of rubbly rock stuck up, covered with young oysters not ready to take......The shell was partly open, for the overhang protected this ancient oyster, and in the lip-like muscle Kino saw a ghostly gleam, and then the shell closed down. His heart beat out a heavy rhythm and the melody of the maybe pearl shrilled in his ears.” I imdentified this part of the story as Using all the senses. I said because he was being really careful and trying not to destroy everything. When Kino was underwater, he was looking for a pearl to pay the doctor and he desperately when to the ocean or a bed he knew about, tried to find a pearl and pay the doctor with it but when he was down in the water, his chances of finding a pearl were actually pretty low. Anyway he used his sight to see where the pearls were and his touch to feel around in the sand. Another great example is when he was out in the desert fleeing from the enemies he had made. “Kino stirred in a dream, and he cried out in a guttural voice, and his hand moved in symbolic fighting. And then he moaned and sat up suddenly, his eyes wide and his nostrils

Coyotito, the baby of Kino and Juana, is poisoned by a scorpion and almost the whole village comes to see what happened. The parents take the baby to the city doctor, who never comes to the brush houses they live in. When Kino and Juana reach the doctor's house, the doctor refuses to treat the baby if the parents don’t have any money. The family goes to the beach to search for a pearl, since Juana had prayed that they find a pearl with which they could hire a doctor to cure Coyotito. Kino dives into the beach search for pearl oysters, while Juana and the baby stay in the coneo. All of the songs that ever existed start to play inside of Kino as he searches through the oysters. His heart skips a beat as the excitement runs through him, when

The day of Awakening, the day that not only my world, but the entire world changed. Something changed in me that day. Not only my circumstances, my physical appearance, but something changed in me that day. Something woke up. Something dangerous and unknown. I wasn’t the only one to have something wake up, though. We’re called the Awakened. Hunted by the Titans and feared by the Mundanes. On February 20, 2020, we were Awakened. No one knows how it happened or why it happened. All people remember is what happened after. Some of the Awakened couldn’t

After failing to bargain for a sufficient deal on the pearl, Kino is overcome with an even stronger desire to sell the pearl, enough for him to hit his wife when she attempted to dispose the pearl. The text describes the event as, “Her arm was up to throw when he leaped at her and caught her arm and wrenched the pearl from her. He struck her in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side” (Steinbeck 58). As shown, when Juana attempted to dispose the pearl and hopefully her husband’s recklessness, Kino, overcome with rage and greed, hurts his wife. With this, Kino ended up hurting his wife for his drowned-out

When Juana tries to tell him that the pearl is evil, he doesn’t believe her. He says, “No one shall take our good fortune from us.” Kino is determined to sell the pearl and become rich; no one seems to be able to tell him otherwise. He also says, “This pearl has become my soul. If I give it up, I shall lose my soul.”

who attempted to take advantage of Kino’s family at a very desperate time. Some characters like Juana saw through the evil and were aware of the evil the pearl brought. Even the ones aware could not escape the pearls evil.

The couple and a couple of neighbors, rush Coyotito to the local doctor. The doctor refused to treat Coyotito because the family could not afford to treat Coyotito. Kino and Juana leave the doctors and take Coyotito down near the sea, where Juana uses a seaweed poultice on Coyotito's shoulder, which is now swollen. Kino then jumps from his canoe for oysters in an attempt to find pearls. Kino eventually finds a surprisingly large oyster. When he opens the oyster, he soon finds out there is a large pearl that is worth more than he can count.

Juano suggests that they should throw the pearl back into the water because of the terrible things that it has done to their family. By this point, Kino has also been engulfed by greed, and disagrees with her, wanting to keep the pearl so his family can be rich and so he can afford a good education for his son. In the night while Kino is sleeping, Juana takes the pearl outside to throw back into the ocean. Kino wakes up and when he finds out, he is flooded with anger. In the book, it is described that, “He leaped at her and caught her arm and wrenched the pearl from her. He struck her in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in her side” (59). This shows that greed for the pearl made him hurt his own

To say that [Name] was nervous was an understatement. Her body was physically shaking. Her stomach churned as she faced herself in the mirror. She was impressed by her father's work. He stood behind her, hands on his shoulders and a smile on his face. She never felt so.. elegant. Usually she'd wear sweatpants and a messy bun, but this was new. [Name] looked over at the lace mask she was to wear, picked it up, and tied it on.

Later that night, Juana attempts to take the pearl and throw it into the ocean, but Kino finds her and beats her for doing so. While outside, a group of men accost Kino and knock the pearl from his hand. Juana watches from a distance, and sees Kino approach her, limping with another man whose throat Kino has slit. Juana finds the pearl, and they decide that they must go away even if the murder was in self-defense.