Summary
Kino wakes up in the dark and sees Juana leaving the house. Realizing what she is trying to do, Kino rushes behind her and wrenches the pearl from her hand just as she is about to throw it into the water. Kino is so incensed at her actions that he hits her hard; she falls into the shallow waves where he kicks her. When he finally controls his rage, he is disgusted with his behavior; he turns to go home alone. On the way, he is again attacked. He slashes out at his attacker with his knife, but he is shoved to the ground and searched. The pearl rolls out of his hand.
In pain, Juana drags herself out of the water and heads home. On the way back to the hut, Juana sees the pearl lying on the ground. She also spies two figures on the ground ahead. She rushes forward and sees that one of them is Kino, now stirring; the other figure is a dead man with a knife planted through him. At this sight, she immediately knows that she and Kino will never again regain the simple peace that they had before finding the pearl; their lives are changed forever due to its evil effects.
When Kino gains consciousness, his first thought goes to the pearl, which he thinks is lost. Juana calms and placates him, showing the found pearl. They both realize that Kino has killed a man, and they must flee. All future thoughts must be on saving themselves. They hide the dead stranger in the brush. Then they quickly pick up Coyotito and rush to the canoe, only to find it with a great hole in the bottom. As the music of evil plays through his head, Kino is filled with rage, but is helpless to do anything about it. The family returns home to find their hut in flames. They go to the house of Kino's brother and implore him to hide them. The village assumes that they have died in the fire.
While Kino and Juana hide, Juan Tomas passes the rumor that his brother must have drowned in the sea since no bones were found in the ashes. He then gathers provisions, which can be taken by Kino and Juana when they finally escape. When he is asked about the pearl, Kino now admits that it is evil, but he is not ready to dispose of it, for "this pearl has become my soul . . . If I give it up I shall lose my soul." Before the moonrise, Kino and Juana, with Coyotito and the pearl, take their leave and head North.
by : Puan Zariah bt. Zainal
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