FREE ESSAY ON THE PEARL

THE PEARL

Character Analysis of Kino from The Pearl 
Kino, a character from the story The Pearl, is a prime example of a developing character.
From the start through to the end, he develops drastically. At the beginning, he was
thought out to be a good loyal husband but as time went on he became a selfish, greedy
person who would do anything for money.
When the story began Kino seemed to be a good husband who wanted nothing more than to be
able to support his family. After a scorpion had stung Coyotito, Kino prayed that he
would find a pearl not to become a rich man but so that he could pay the doctor to heal
the baby, as he would not work free.
After Kino had spent long hard hours searching the ocean floor, he finally found the
pearl he had worked for. At first when he found it, he only wanted to pay the doctor to
cure Coyotito. However as time passed he began to think of all the things that he could
acquire with the money form the pearl and began to develop greed and selfishness. When
people asked him what he would buy now that he was a rich man, he was quick to list
several items that came to his mind. One of these items was a rifle. Kino wanted a rifle
because he wanted to show power over the rest of his village.
When Kino took the pearl to the pearl buyers to sell, he was offered one thousand pesos.
Kino declined that offer claiming that his pearl was The Pearl of the World. By reacting
in such a manner he yet again demonstrates his greed. It is not about saving Coyotito
anymore, for he is already feeling well, it is now about the money. Although one thousand
pesos was more money than Kino had ever seen he demanded that he would get fifty thousand
pesos.
Later in the text, Kino discovers Juana trying to destroy the pearl, causing Kino to
become very angry, and resulted in him beating her. Although Juana was in very much pain
she accepted the beating as if it were a punishment and stayed with Kino. A while later
Kino was attacked by another man who wanted the pearl for himself and defended his pearl
by killing the man. It is around this point in the story where Kino displays his greatest
point of greed and selfishness.
When Kino gets ready to attack the trackers Coyotito lets out a cry awakening one of the
sleeping trackers. The tracker on watch described the cry as being the cry of a baby,
however, the tracker who had just awaked described it as being a coyote. The tracker on
guard then lifted his rifle and shot in the direction of the sound. This sparked the
deadliest of fuses in Kino, which turned him from a normal man into a fearsome,
uncontrollable, machinelike man killing everything in it's path. 
When Kino returned to the village he looked at the pearl and began to realize the effect
it had on him, his family, and his village, and decided to throw it back into the ocean
where it came from.
Kino has paid a large price to learn such a valuable lesson, that we should not let greed
and our want for something to overcome us and let us lose sight of the important things
in life such as family, health, and life itself.