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1、Summary and Commentary of The Pearl#About the Novel-Brief Synopsis#Kino, the novellas protagonist, is a young Mexican-Indian pearl diver married to Juana;# they have a baby named Coyotito. Their lives seem rather peaceful, but their tranquility is threatened when a scorpion bites Coyotito. Juana tel

2、ls Kino to go to town and get the doctor, but Kino and their neighbors tell Juana that the doctor will never come to where they live, so Juana decides to take matters into her own hands and sets off with Coyotito to the doctor. Kino accompanies Juana, and many members of the village follow them to s

3、ee what will happen. At the doctors house, the doctors servant tells Kino and Juana that the doctor is not at homein truth, the doctor is home but will not help Coyotito because Kino cannot pay the doctor as much as the doctor wants, but also because the doctor is prejudiced against Kinos race.#Kino

4、 goes to work diving in the Gulf for oysters from his canoe;# Juana tends to Coyotito in the canoe by applying brown seaweed to his shoulder, which is swollen from the scorpions bite. As Kino is collecting oysters on the ocean bottom, he spots a larger-than-usual oyster, collects it, and returns to

5、the canoe. Kino does not want to open the oyster immediately, but Juana prompts him to open the oyster;# when he does, he finds a pearl the size of a sea gulls egg. Juana gazes at the immense pearl;# she then goes to check on Coyotito and discovers that Coyotitos shoulder is no longer swollen. Kino

6、is immensely happy about both the pearl and Coyotito and yells loudly enough that he attracts the attention of the other oyster divers, who race toward his canoe.#Before Kino reaches home with his great pearl, the news of his discovery has already reached his village and the town. Everyone fantasize

7、s what he or she would do with the wealth that the pearl represents, including the doctor, who previously refused to help Coyotito but now says that the baby is a patient of his. The priest arrives at Kino and Juanas hut and tells Kino that he needs to give thanks for finding the pearl. The doctor v

8、isits Kino and Juana and tricks them into allowing him to treat Coyotito even though Kino knows that Coyotito is already cured;# in fact what the doctor has done is to make Coyotito sick so that the doctor can then cure the baby and get paid more. Coyotito indeed does get sick, and the doctor return

9、s and gives the baby a different medicine that “cures” the baby. When the doctor asks Kino for payment, Kino says that his plan is to sell the pearl the next day. The doctor offers to keep the pearl for Kino, and Kino refuses the request, but the doctor tricks Kino into revealing where Kino has hidd

10、en the pearl. That night, Kino hears someone in the hut, draws his knife and strikes out at the figure and draws blood, but is hit over the head with a heavy object. Juana senses that the pearl is evil and begs Kino to throw the pearl back into the sea, but Kino refuses, believing still that the pea

11、rl will give them better lives than they have.#On the day that Kino is to sell the pearl, the other divers do not go diving. Kino and Juana begin the trip to the pearl buyers, followed by the entire village. The first pearl buyer to whom Kino offers to sell the pearl offers Kino a small amount of mo

12、ney for the pearl, saying that the pearl is too big and no one else will buy it. He sends word to the other pearl buyers in town to come to his office and appraise the pearl. When the three new pearl buyers arrive at the firsts office, the three of them have already planned together what each will o

13、ffer Kino. Kino, realizing that the pearl buyers are working together to get the pearl for the least amount of money, says that he will go to the capital to sell his pearl. The first pearl buyer raises his offer to buy the pearl, but it is too late;# Kino leaves. Back in the village, Kinos neighbors

14、 discuss whether or not Kino should have accepted the main buyers last offer.#That night, Kino hears noises outside the hut and goes outside to check on what is making the noise. Juana listens inside the hut to Kinos being attacked and rushes out with a brick to help him, but it is too late;# Kino i

15、s bloodied and beaten, and the attackers have escaped without Kino being able to identify them. Again, like the previous night, Juana begs Kino to throw the pearl back into the sea, but Kino again refuses to because he envisions the pearl being sold and the money being used to fund Coyotitos educati

16、on. He resolves to sell the pearl in the capital.#Later, Juana rises in the dark, takes the pearl from the hut, and goes to the beach. Kino follows her and catches up with her at the beach just as she is ready to throw the pearl into the water. He hits her and saves the pearl from going into the water, but he is then attacked by some figures he cannot identify. The pearl is knocked from his hands, but he is able to stab one of his assailants before he is knocked unconscious. Juan