Based on the possibility to change, Kino belongs to Dynamic character because at the beginning he has obsession to sell the pearl to increase his family life level even though dangerous things always came to his family but In the end of the story, He threw away the pearl to see to save his family and Seri people.

Kino represents ambition, for after he finds the pearl he desires to make his life ‘better’. He is also courageous in refusing to be taken advantage of by the pearl buyers.

Kino, The Pearl’s protagonist, is an extremely simple character, motivated by basic drives: his love for his family, loyalty to the traditions of his village and his people, and frustration at his people’s oppression at the hands of their European colonizers.

Lesson Summary The Pearl is a parable, a moral lesson, about gratitude and the dangers of greed. Because parables offer a moral lesson, being grateful for the things one already has serves as the theme.

Themes

• Greed.
• Family.
• Wealth.
• Good vs. Evil.
• Gender.
• Primitivity.
• Man and the Natural World.
• Power.

An additional example of foreshadowing comes at the end of chapter 3 when Juana tells Kino that the pearl will ruin their son. Up until this moment there’s been no sense that the pearl will be anything other than a huge stroke of luck for Kino and his family.

How did Kino react to the servant’s reply? he was so angry that he pounded his fist into the gate. What was the rich doctor doing when his servant approached him with Kino’s request to treat Coyotito? He was eating breakfast and lying in bed.