What does the knife symbolize in the Pearl?
Kino’s knife symbolizes protection and security because it can protect him and his family. His knife is important to him because it is the only weapon that he has that can fight the trackers. The trackers symbolize evil because they are trying to catch Kino and his family.
Was the Pearl evil or honest Why?
If the pearl in the final lines of the novel is described as being “grey and ulcerous,” and evil, this is only because it has been made evil by the greed of man. In a sense, the pearl therefore acts as a mirror of the men that yearn for it.
What are Kino’s dreams for the Pearl and why are these so important to him?
Kino dreams about getting married to Juana in a church, and thinks about how his family will wear the finest clothes during the ceremony. He then dreams of purchasing a new harpoon and a Winchester carbine rifle. Kino then imagines his son going to school and learning how to read and write.
What does the songs symbolize in the Pearl?
The songs represent feelings and thoughts that Kino and his family have at different times in their life. These songs are a tradition passed down from generation to generation in his culture. Song of the Pearl That Might Be – each oyster that Kino opens might contain a pearl that could change his family’s life.
What songs does Kino hear in the Pearl?
The songs Kino hear in his head are, The Song of Family, and The Song of Evil. The Song of Evil is the “music of the enemy”, and The Song of Family is a “soft” song.
What does the rifle symbolize in the Pearl?
The Kino who obtains the rifle is a man who has taken the lives of other men. In this way, the rifle is a symbol of catastrophic change in the natural order. It upends Kino’s private life just as it upended the lives of his ancestors when the Spanish arrived.
How long can Kino stay underwater?
two minutes
Why will it not matter that Kino killed the man in self defense?
Why will it not matter that Kino killed the man in self-defense? It will not matter because Kino is a poor person and no wealthy people support him. This signifies that the person coming after them it downright evil and wants to completely destroy Kino and his family.
What does it mean that every man suddenly became related to Kino?
Every man suddenly became related to Kino’s pearl, and Kino’s pearl went into the dreams, the speculations, the schemes, the plans, the futures, the wishes, the needs, the lusts, the hungers, of everyone, and only one person stood in the way and that was Kino, so that he became curiously every man’s enemy.
How big was the pearl that Kino found?
The pearl Kino finds is described as being significantly large: “It was as large as a sea-gull’s egg.