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The Pearl by John Steinbeck

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The Pearl (John Steinbeck) Chapter1 1. What kind of people do you think Kino and his wife are? First of all, Kino and his family seem to be poor people because we can see in the text that they have a quite bad standard of living: they live in a brush house, the baby sleeps in a hanging box, there ants in the house, they are not protected from wild and dangerous animal as the scorpion which stung Coyotito, they do not have enough money to get a treatment for the baby... We can also notice that Kino and his family are Indians. Indeed the doctor call them like this and the author himself speak about the Kino's "race" but without saying which one it is. It seems to be different races where Kino lives. Another indication which makes us think that they are from another culture is when Juana is summoning magic when...

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