The pearl is changing Kino in a negative way because, in the end of chapter 5, Kino killed a man because Kino thought the man would steal the pearl. Also in chapter 4, Juana was going to throw the pearl away as she believed it was evil. But Kino punched her in the face and snatched the pearl from
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Sai Tyada
11/9/2014 10:01:39 pm
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Virginia
11/10/2014 09:21:24 am
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Virginia
11/10/2014 09:24:28 am
Oops. 😱😱😱I accidentally tapped on "submit." I hate these iPads!!!!!!" I'll try this again tomorrow at school with a laptop instead. STUPID IPADS!!!!! 😭😭😭
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Virginia
11/11/2014 02:12:42 am
Kino's character and values are changing completely. An example of this is, "'Kino,'she said huskily, 'I am afraid. A man can be killed. Let us throw the pearl back into
the sea.'"
"'Hush,' he said fiercely. 'I am a man. Hush. And she was silent, for his voice was command." (P. 26 in the pdf) This quote supports my idea because it shows that Kino is starting to become a mean person. His wife realizes that the pearl is danger, but Kino, overcome by the greed the pearl brought him, insists that he can fight it. Another example is,"Her arm was up to throw
when he leaped at her and caught her arm and wrenched the pearl from her. He struck her in the face
with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side." (P. 28 in the pdf.) This quote supports my idea because it shows that Kino is become violent. Juana was sick of the evil the pearl was bringing to them, so she tries to throw it back into the ocean. Kino sees her and beats her, and then snatches the pearl from her. Both these quotes show me that money/possessions change people in negative ways. So many people dream of becoming rich because they think money will make them happy, but most of the time, it doesn't. It fills them with selfishness and greed because once people become rich, they usually want to all the money to themselves, and because they want to keep it all to themselves, they end up spending it all on themselves, quickly end up with no money, and are unhappy all over again. Do you agree that money changes people in negative ways, especially if they spend it all on themselves?
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Tessa Wienss
11/11/2014 07:01:21 am
I think that the Pearl is changing Kino for the worse. He values the Pearl but his main priority is the safety of him and his family. He has changed in the sense that he is taking on the responsibility and danger the Pearl has brought his life, for he said "This Pearl has become my soul." (Page 69) Money and possessions change the possessor and the people around them because people want what they can't have causing the holder to not be able to trust anyone as well as having to be looking over their shoulder because of threats as Kino and Juana do. What stories have you heard of jealousy doing evil things to people?
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Monica Ho
11/11/2014 09:08:06 am
I think Kino's character is changing negatively because of his values. I agree with Tessa, she said, "He values the pearl but his main priority is the safety of him and his family." I predict that the pearl gives him self worth, almost as if it is the most important thing in his life. Although, what I don't understand is why he is still going to keep the pearl because of the negative impacts it put into his life. Sure, it might make him feel important but there are signs of which he should sell it. Kino says, "'And I will keep it. I might have given it as a gift, but now it is my misfortune and my life and I will keep it.'" (Page 31 of online pdf.) It is a misfotune, but what if he were to sell it and get his earnings? The brush houses wouldn't have burned, he wouldn't have attacked his wife, none of the bad things that happened would of occured. Although, I do wonder if he is being selfless and not wanting what is happening to him, happen to others. I think money and posessions change people by making them want to feel more important and valued. In the pearl, Kino was cheated when he was trying to sell the pearl he had found. "'I am cheated,' Kino cried fiecely. 'My pearl is not for sale here. I will go, perhaps even to the capitol.'" (page 24 of online pdf.) Maybe he feels like he should be more valued because of his pearl. He felt cheated for his hard work and became angry with the buyers making him greedy and bitter. Why do you think he is going to keep the pearl?
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Hannah Huber
11/11/2014 10:45:42 am
I think the Pearl has changed Kino into a loving husband and father who cares for everyone, to someone who just cares about keeping a Pearl safe. There's a lot of evidence for this is chapter 4 and 5. For instance, when he punched and kicked Juana in the side on page 28 of the PDF, he did that just to keep this Pearl safe. He abused his own wife, whom he loved so dearly before, just for a Pearl that actually wasn't worth that much. Also, on page 31 of the PDF, he said " I might have given it (the Pearl) as a gift, but now it is my misfortune and my life, and I will keep it." He referred to an object, something that has no soul, as his life, even though all it's brought him is evil. He's worshiping an idol and it's turning him in the way wrong direction. Finally, he says also on page 31 of the PDF, " If I give it up I shall lose my soul." So what if you gave up Coyotito? Would you not loose your soul, but loose it to some object? People are far more important than objects. After all, people are going to stick around with you your whole life, and the object that you think you need one moment, will mean nothing to you the next day. What's one thing that you've personally idolized that you wish you wouldn't have?
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Hannah Huber
11/11/2014 10:47:13 am
I meant to say: the Pearl has changed Kino FROM. A loving father...
And also, this possession changed him so much that he turned his and his life around just so he could have it in his hands. Possessions can change you, for the worst you can be.
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Santana Vannarath
11/11/2014 11:50:00 pm
I think that the Pearl is changing Kino for worse. I think this because on page 29 of the PDF book, the author says "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." This shows how finding the pearl created a huge mess, which eventually caused Kino to kill a stranger. This evidence also shows how Juana knows that they're lives have been completely changed, because of what the finding of the pearl has caused. This is why I think the pearl is changing Kino for the worse; it caused him to kill a man, and it also caused the two's lives to be changed completely. Who knows what else it's going to cause? How do you think the pearl has changed them?
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Allie
11/11/2014 11:55:56 pm
The Pearl has negatively affected Kino. Before he had the Pearl, he was a quiet man who appreciated what he had and kept to himself. Once he found the Pearl, he become very self interested and acted as though he was now above everyone else. At the end of chapter 4, Juana wants to throw the Pearl back into the ocean, where it can no longer cause them problems. However this angers Kino and he follows her to the beach and punches her in the face to be able to take the Pearl back from her. "Her arm was up to throw cwhen he leaped at her and caught her arm and wrenched the pearl from her. He struck her in the face. with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side." (P. 28 pdf.) this shows how his anger has increased and is people. Also,at the end of chapter 5, Kino kills man merely because he thought the man was trying to steal the pearl from him. He has become to obsessed with the Pearl to see what it is doing. What do you think the Pearl has done to Kino?
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Isabella
11/13/2014 05:17:31 am
Kino is changing very dramatically, and he isn't changing for the better. In the beginning of the book, he enjoyed the simple things in his day and appreciated everything he received and retrieved. When he first found the pearl, he didn't change right away. He wanted to use the pearl's value for things that he and his family needed, like his son's education, a new rifle for hunting, and his son's recovery from the scorpion sting. But after a while, he started to change. He stabbed a man who he thought was trying to steal the pearl, which I think he never would have done before unless the man wanted to harm his family. He became greedy, and his values in life changed. I think that money and possessions can sometimes change people for the worse, or for the better. Some might decide to give away some of their wealth to others, while others keep the money for themselves and continue to want more and more. Not all wealthy people have to be mean and greedy, but in Kino's case, that's what happened.
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Samantha
11/13/2014 06:28:57 am
From the beginning of the book to now Kino has changed drastically. Money and possessions can definitely change people. In the beginning of the book everybody like to Kino but now he doesn't have as many followers. Also, Kino's values changed a ton. An example of this is on page 24 of notability
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Samantha
11/13/2014 06:34:36 am
it wasn't letting me type. Anyways, on page 24 of notability, Kino says "My pearl is not for sale here. I will go, perhaps even to the capital." This is evidence of Kino's character and value change because, before he got the pearl, he would have taken the money. This just shows that the pearl will change a person. Do you think that Kino should have taken the offer at first? Why or Why not?
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Mia
11/13/2014 06:42:14 am
Kino's character and values are changing to become more greedy and malicious. One example of this is when the book writes, "Kino looked down at her and his teeth were bared. He hissed at her like a snake, and Juana stared at him with wide unfrightened eyes, like a sheep before the butcher. She knew there was murder in him, and it was all right; she had accepted it, and she would not resist or even protest." This passage is when Juana is attempting to get rid of the pearl, and then Kino strikes her down in his fury. When this says 'his teeth were bared', it makes me think of Kino as an savage, rabid animal, because only animals and very tiny children would ever even think of doing something that ridiculous. Even Juana realized there was a new murderous gleam in Kino. Money and material possessions change people into animals, always desiring more and scrambling to get revenge when they don't get their way. Do you think Juana will become warped and monstrous like Kino has become because of the pearl?
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Kamryn
11/13/2014 09:46:32 am
Kino's character, and values change rapidly after he discovers the pearl. He becomes "big-headed," and unknowingly becomes overpowered by the evil of the pearl. He starts thinking more about protecting the pearl than he does about his own family, which he wouldn't have ever done before coming in contact with the pearl. "My son will read and open the books, and my son will write and will know writing. And my son will make numbers, and these things will make us free because he will know-he will know and through him we will know." This sentence is a great example of how he still thinks he has good intentions, and still thinks he will do good things with this pearl, things he family will benefit from, but in reality, he still chooses the pearl over his family. An example of him choosing the pearl over his family is in these few sentences a little farther into the book when he would rather keep the pearl and it's bad luck and maybe become wealthy than to let the pearl be thrown back to where it came from , " Her arm was up to throw when he leaped at her and caught her arm and wrenched the pearl from her. He struck her in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side."
Why do you think Kino would hurt his wife over the pearl?
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Johnathan Kahler
11/13/2014 10:06:35 pm
Kinos character changes dramticaly throughout the course
Of the story. In chapter 1 kino is a selfless family man. He protects his wife, and his baby. But in chapter 4, he hurts his wife over a pearl. "My son will open books and know how to read, my son will write and know how to write,". Kino stills care about his family theoughout the book, but the pearl poisons his clean mind. In chapter 4 when someone broke his canoe, he was ivercome with rage. Soon after his house goes up in flames. Then Kino realized that the pearl is pooison, and agreed to dispose of it. What would you do if you were kino?
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Ashley
11/13/2014 10:14:06 pm
In the beginning of the pearl, Kino's main priority is keeping his family safe; Juana and Coyotito. Though when Kino finds the pearl, he begins to change as a person. As he finds the pearl, he becomes aggressive cautious, and fierce. When someone tries to break into Kino's house, Kino becomes cautious to keep the pearl safe so no one will steal it. On page 26, (ipad) it states, "And as she spoke, the light came back in Kino's eyes so that they glowed fiercely and his muscles hardened and his will hardened." This shows his personality and how much it has changed. A way I think money and possessions change people is because they make people forget what is most important; family. How do you think Kino's character would be if he never found the pearl?
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Alyssa Guckenberger
11/13/2014 10:25:37 pm
After reading chapters 4 and 5, I have indeed realized that the pearl is changing Kino. The pearl is obviously making him feel very greedy, wanting lots of fortune from it. When Kino went to the first buyer, they only offered 1000 pesos. Kino was unhappy by this and wanted more. The greed for money turned Kino into a violent man also. He hit Juana and killed a man. On page 64, the book states, "It is the pearl," said Juan Tomás. "There is a devil in this pearl. You should have sold it and passed the devil..." This shows that Juan thinks the the pearl causes Kino to act like this, making him into a greedy man. Another example of people being greedy, is their pay check. When people get a paycheck normally to them it's "not enough" money. They want more out of it. That is another example of greed. If it was your choice, what would you have done with the pearl?
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Jamie E. Carpenter
11/16/2014 03:18:50 am
To answer your question, I probably would've done the same thing with the pearl- I just would've gone about doing it in a different way. I most likely would have sold it for the highest bidding price at the capital and then used the money from that to help my family out with bills, and to visit the seven wonders of the world.
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Hunter
11/13/2014 10:28:05 pm
Kinos character changes greatly in the chapters 4 and 5. In the beginning of the story, Kino is a genuine man, wanting best for his family and taking care of them in need. However, as he gains the strength of the pearl, he is not willing to let go for the fortune over whelmed him, and turned him into a different man. On page 31 of the PDF, It states; "Kino looked down at her and his teeth were bared. He hissed at her like a snake, and Juana stared at him with a wide frightened eyes, like a sheep before the butcher." The so called, old, Kino would have never hurt Juana. He beat her as she tried to through the Pearl back into the ocean. Kino also killed a man, a life. Because he thought it was trying to take the Pearl away from him, he stabbed him with a knife in a fight. During the fight on page 31, it states; "greedy fingers went through his clothes..." This means a lot to the setting of the story, and the ideas it gives away because he fight was based off greed. Greed that effected not only kino, but the man trying to steal the Pearl. How ever, at the end of chapter 5, kino reaches out for help from his brother, because for "the Pearl is like his soul", and he will do whatever he needs to do to get rid of the evil lurking with the Pearl. If you were kino, would you have let Juana get rid of the peal? Think of all the bad things that happened minutes after he refused to get rid of the Pearl?
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Jamie E. Carpenter
11/16/2014 03:15:43 am
Kino's character and value are changing drastically in chapters four and five. He goes from content, happy and inspired to rude, violent, and greedy. This shines through on page 28 of the online book. It reads: "She burst clear out of the brush line and stumbled over the little boulders toward the water, then she heard him coming and she broke into a run. Her arm was up to throw when he leaped at her caught her arm and wrenched the pearl from her. He struck her in the face with his clenched fists and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side." All of these events happened because Juana was trying to save the family's essence by destroying the very thing that was tearing it apart. But Kino did not see the pearl as the problem, he saw it as the solution. His mind was clouded over with greed and lust for things he wanted and because of this, he was turning into a monster. The fact that he hit his wife-twice-hard is a huge red flag that his mind at that moment had been compromised by covetousness and sin. Money and possessions change people all the time. Take for instance a celebrity. That person might've started out as a humble, kindhearted person, but as their fame, success and riches grew, so did their ego, pride, and lust over material things. That person is no longer the kindhearted person that had started out on the journey of stardom. That person is now only thinking one thing: "More, more, more." I used to think that Kino was a person who really appreciated the quality of life and the people in it, but now I think that that Kino is gone, and greedy, mean, harsh Kino is here to stay because of his attitude, actions and somewhat selfish path he's taking. Besides money or wealth, what do you think drives people to greediness?
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Esmeralda
11/16/2014 11:57:59 am
Kino's behavior has changed from a lovable husband and father to a menacing beast."Kino looked down at her and his teeth were bared. He hissed at her like a snake, and Juana stared at him with wide unfrightened eyes, like a sheep before the butcher. She knew there was a murder in him, and it was all right; she had accepted it, and she will not resist or even protest. And then the rage left him and a sick disgust took its place." Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is an example I would like to describe his new changed actions after the pearl. Greed over takes his number one important value that used to be family and takes control. Greed (the pearl) changes him and uses all his his energy and devotion to it. And when someone or something gets in the way, Kino gets destructive. Even with family. Juana knew the evil of the pearl so she triec to throw it in the water, but Kino finds out what she is doing he pushes her and kicks until he snaps into reality and realizes what he was doing.
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Abby Barrett
11/18/2014 09:40:25 am
i feel like the money is definitely changing Kino from a nice family man into a self righteous person. You can see what kind of guy Kino was before finding the peal in chapter one when he explains his wife's eyes by saying "Her dark eyes made little reflected stars". This shows that we really does edmire his wife and her beauty but by chapter this all changes when he desides to beat his wife for stealing the Pearl. "Hestruck her in the face with his clenched fist". Kino is a perfect example of how money can change people for the worst. Money can corrupt and change a persons motives so easily it's almost scary. Has there ever been a person in your life who was negatively affected by money?
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Ava
11/23/2014 11:07:04 pm
Kinos values change completely. At the beginning his family was his first priority. He always looked at the little things in life. Then once the pearl came, he began to put the pearl first. "Her arm was up to throw when he leaped at her and caught her arm and wrenched the pearl from her. He struck her in the face with his clenched fist and she fell among the boulders, and he kicked her in the side." This shows how the pearl comes before his wife. Why do you think his values changed?
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Megan K
11/30/2014 03:33:03 am
I believe that Kino's character is definitely changing after finding the "The Pearl of The World". Although he's not changing for the better, he's changing for the worse. He is becoming greedy and selfish. The book mentioned that he could have spread the money out evenly to all the poverty in his village, but he chose to spend it on his family like getting married in new clothes and shoes, sending Coyotito to school, and buying a rifle and spear. Also, he changed from a respectful and proper husband to a abusive husband.
Juana's character had changed throughout the book as well. She had changed from the normal wife for her culture, respectful and letting Kino make all the decisions, to feeling as if she's equal to Kino and should assist him in making decisions. Evidence to support my idea was provided when Juana was walking next to Kino on the way to sell the pearl instead of walking behind him. Some people may think that this doesn't show anything, but Juana used to fallow Kino and the decisions he made, walking behind him, and now she felt she was as knowledgable as Kino and could have a say in selling the pearl.
Do you think the pearl changed anyone else?
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Sydney Whitehurst
12/3/2014 05:28:13 am
inding the pearl completely changed kino i believe. His values changed, in the beginning his love and loyalty was for his family. The pearl changed him to be greedy, dangerous, abusive father. For example Steinbeck wrote, "Her arm was thrown up when he leaped at her caught her arm and wretched the Pearl from her. He struck her in the face with his clenched fists and she fell along the boulders, and he kicked her in the side" Kino didn't see anything wrong with the pearl, it change his morals.
Do you agree
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Amber
12/5/2014 10:21:00 am
In The Pearl, Kino changed completely. Before the Pearl he was willing to do anything for his family and he appreciated the little things in his life. When he got the however, he resulted in hitting his wife over the inatamite object.
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