Chapter 3:
The third chapter talks about how the whole town is talking about “the pearl of the world” which is the nickname for the pearl Kino found. With this pearl Kino has decided to do many things. He plans to get married, have his son go to school and learn to read. Somehow the news of this great pearl came around to the doctor because now the doctor wants to help out little Coyotito. He came by in the nick of time and saved the baby’s life. In that same night a thief decided he would try his luck at stealing the pearl away from Kino. Unfortunately Kino caught the thief in the act and managed to save his precious piece of jewelry. That moment Kino then realized how dangerous the pearl might be.
Chapter 4:
The fourth chapter talks about how Kino went into the town to sell his prized pearl, unfortunately the cheap buyers were trying to rip Kino off by offering to buy the pearl at to low of a price. Kino eventually refused to sell this pearl because he felt he was being cheated. He should have sold it because later that night someone came to steal it again. Luckily Kino heard something because he went outside to check things out. Unfortunately Kino was assaulted outside when the thief slashed Kino from ear to chin. After that incident Kino and Juana felt unsafe so Kino would leave to the capital so he could sell his pearl for a fair amount of money.
Chapter 5:
The fifth chapter starts out with Juana, who can see the pearls evil, tries to throw the pearl back into the ocean while Kino is resting. Sorry to say that Kino caught her in the act and hit her numerous times. Later that day knowing Kino’s luck he was assaulted again, but this time the attacker was the victim because Kino had killed him. They then realized they would have to run away. When they returned home the saw flames rising into the sky. Their house was on fire. They hide at their brother’s house then left in the night.
Chapter 6:
In chapter six Kino is busy trying to cover up his tracks so not a soul would be able to find them, sadly Kino was not careful enough because three trackers where now on his case. They decided to head for the mountain to try to lose them. When they arrived the three of them hide in a cave so nobody could see them. When the trackers came to rest for the night, Kino decided to slip away out of the cave to try and steal the rifle away from the three men. Kino grabbed the gun and killed all three of them.
Kino and Juana decided to go back to the town and return to their lives. Upon arrival to their town Kino decided to throw the pearl back into the ocean because of all the bad luck it brought him. Kino never thought the pearl would bring him what it did. Kino wanted the pearl to represent happiness in his life and a new future for his family, instead it brought him the horrors of murdering four people, the burning down of his house, a hole in his cherished canoe, assaulted by shadows of the night, and the death of his first born child and only child Coyotito.
For me the overall meaning to of the story is that people come before materialistic items. Kino made the pearl the most important thing in his life, because of that he almost lost his life and he did lose his sons. The selfishness of the pearl possessed his mind and made him believe the pearl was more important than his family, he was wrong and ended up losing more than he gained.
