... as usual to hear sounds of thefamily song. Here, John Steinbeck brings across the point thatKino's family does this on a regular basis and that they considerit similar to a ritual. Steinbeck also stresses that the familymusic is what separates Kino's family from the other villagers. In this scene Kino also hears the sound of breakfast, pigs,and wives. These are all parts of music, ... wants more, his greed growing stronger for not onlyhis family, but himself. In later parts of the story, Kino statesthat he would die if he had to give up the pearl. The song of thefamily that once held his...

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... his family, realizing the importance of the fisherman's find. The climax is the peak of excitement and the turning point of the novel, in The Pearl this is when Coyotito is shot accidentally by the Trackers. Coyotito, too young to realize the danger of the situation was an innocent casualty of the destructive nature of greed. As tragic as this incident is, it was foreshadowed when the villagers said that the power of the pearl was likely to ... break up Kino's family. After the ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School