What happens to Kino and Juanas house?
Kino realizes that Juana is right, and they resolve to flee. While Juana runs back to the brush house to grab Coyotito, Kino returns to the beach to ready his canoe for the escape. As he runs toward the fire, Juana meets him with Coyotito in her arms. She confirms that their house has been burned down completely.
Where does Kino decide to go?
Kino decided to go to the city to sell the pearl after he was attacked at night outside his brush house.
Who burned down Kino’s house?
Who sets Kino’s house on fire? The dark ones.
What did Kino do to Juana?
When she hears him in pursuit, Juana breaks into a run, but Kino apprehends her just as she is preparing to hurl the pearl into the water. Grabbing the pearl from her, he punches her in the face and kicks her in the side when she falls down. As Kino hovers over Juana, the waves break upon her crumpled body.
What does Kino mean by this pearl has become my soul?
When Kino says, “The pearl has become my soul. If I give it up, I shall lose my soul…” he means: Kino and Juana have invested so much time and energy into the pearl, that if they don’t make money from it, they will lose everything.
How does the trick foreshadow the result of his meeting with Kino?
How does the trick foreshadow the result of his meeting with Kino? The pearl buyer’s trick of rolling the coin through his fingers is symbolic of his “trickery” with money.
What did Juana find on the path?
He remembers hands and fingers, however, searching his body before he loses total consciousness. When Juana recovers from the blows that Kino gave her, she follows her husband and finds him lying unconscious on the path, with a dead stranger close beside him.
What did Kino do when he figured out where she went?
What did kino do when he figured out where she had went? He was furious and had ran in anger to the shore. Then took the pearl, punched her, and kicked her in the side.
What was an evil beyond thinking?
a boat is a man’s way of making a living, when a boat is damaged , a man has no protection against starvation. When Kino discovers his broken canoe, he thinks, ” this was an evil beyond thinking.
What convinced Juana that the old life was gone forever?
He struck her in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side. Now, in an instant, Juana knew that the old life was gone forever. A dead man in the path and Kino’s knife, dark bladed beside him, convinced her.
What happens to make Juana want to throw away the pearl?
Again at the end of the chapter (chapter four), Juana wants to throw away the pearl because it is evil. He got angry, followed her, and beat her until he got the pearl back. What did Kino do when he figured out where she went? Someone attacked him and went through his clothes, then he stabbed and killed that person.
Why does Kino believe the killing of a man was not so evil as the killing of a boat?
Kino knew that “The killing of a man was not so evil as the killing of a boat.” Killing the man showed evil, but killing his canoe was breaking the bonds that allowed him to be close to his culture and family. The canoe was the bulwark against starvation for his family, and his people.
What is Kino’s plan to destroy the trackers?
What are Kino’s plans to avoid the trackers? He is worried that the baby will cry and draw the trackers’ attention. What worries Kino as the trackers hunt the family? He launches a surprise attack and stabs one tracker, hits another with the rifle that he takes, and kills the last tracker.
Why does Kino compare himself to leprosy?
Kino compares himself to leprosy because he felt he was contaminated; contagious with evil that might infect his brother/neighbors, etc.