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pra
pra
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High School - 9th Grade

In The Pearl, what did Kino do to the man?

 

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Posted by pra on Sunday May 17, 2009 at 12:45 PM and tagged with chapter v, killing, kino, the pearl.

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  1. mshurn
    mshurn Teacher
    College - Freshman

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    I think your question must refer to a very significant event in the story when Kino kills a man who attacks him. In Chapter V of the novel, Kino follows Juana to the beach where she tries to throw the pearl back into the ocean. After he attacks Juana and takes the pearl from her, Kino is attacked by strangers who come out of the darkness. When he hears them coming, he takes out his knife and stabs one of them. Apparently, the other runs away because after it is over, Juana finds only two men lying on the ground, Kino and "a stranger with dark shiny fluid leaking from his throat." The stranger is dead. This incident becomes very important in the story because Kino and Juana's life in their village is over. They have lost their home. They have to run for their lives

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    http://www.enotes.com/pearl/summary
    http://www.enotes.com/pearl/themes

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    Posted by mshurn on Sunday May 17, 2009 at 3:22 PM