Kino is half killed when someone tries to rob him, and Juana begs him to throw the pearl into the sea “where it belongs.” In the night, Kino’s fishing canoe is smashed, the brush hut set afire.

Let us start today with a summary of John Steinbeick’s novel, The Pearl. Kino, a young, strong, poor pearl diver, lives in a small town, La Paz, with his wife Juana, and his baby son, Coyotito.