When the author began the book, he described the way Kino
woke up and his morning routine. I found it strange when he pointed out that
Kino looked at his wife last of all things.
Was this some kind of foreshadowing for further problems in their
relationship? But family was obviously really important in this culture and society
since Kino was always speaking of the song of the family. I knew something
would disturb the peace of the song of the family because that’s just
predictable. The scorpion is what disturbed this peace which is when we learned
that Coyotito is a baby boy. I wondered why the author kept us guessing at what
he was. I didn’t know if he was a child or a dog until this point.
I noticed the motif of light/dark. Light was mentioned three
times in the beginning with sunrise, Juana’s morning fire, and the sun was
compared to an explosion of fire. When the people were asking for help from the
doctor and he rejected them, the author mentioned their shadows which are
darkness. Is this a motif symbolizing good things and bad things or is it more
of the emotion side like happiness and sadness, which don’t necessarily mean
the same thing.
I liked when the author compared the town and the way it
worked to an animal. Was this done for a reason or was it just to help the
reader understand? News spread through the nervous system. When Kino became the
enemy after finding the pearl, the town swelled up due to infection. The author
also said humans are never satisfied. I figured this was foreshadowing for Kino
wanting more and more after finding the pearl.
I couldn’t figure out what the coin the pearl buyer was
playing with was a symbol for. I know he was smooth and fluid when tossing it
around but when he saw the pearl, he dropped it. Why? Was this just supposed to
show his shock? Was this showing how the pearl is uncontrollable like how he
lost control of the coin? Whichever it was, I never figured it out and I guess
it wasn’t important enough to change my understanding of the book.
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