Kino And Juana

1. In the light of Juana's views on men and women, note other differences based on the characters of Kino and Juana.
Juana believes that men are half crazy and half god, she also believes that she needs a man in her life. She is reasonable, and intelligent but knows when to back down to avoid arguments because she likes peace between her family. Kino believes that he is the man of the house and the one in charge, this may be why he is surprised when Juana orders him to go get the doctor. Also Juana avoids conflict, for example in chapter 6 when Kino is explaining to her not to touch certain trees, even though she already knows, she doesn’t say it. They are both courageous but Kino seems to be more reckless, such as how he beats her. They

Maybe because at the beginning of the story it was a way overcome the challenges set before their family, and now it is bringing harm to their family and the few things they have.

6. Describe Kino as he acts when confronting the three trackers.
Consider Kino’s escalation of violence—pounding a scorpion; punching a gate; punching in the dark; stabbing in the dark; killing with a knife; killing with a rifle—and how Kino changes because of each episode. What is Steinbeck saying? Steinbeck is saying that as he became greedy of the pearl and it’s fortunes people became jealous, causing him to trust no one. As he begins to trust less and less people he becomes more violent. The tainted world can tend to taint others, such as how the book discussed the town turning into the song of evil.
How does Steinbeck’s storytelling style change for Kino and Juana’s return from the mountains? How does Steinbeck create the sense of an oral story tradition?
The story feels like an oral tradition because it is told from the third person and looks into all the characters thoughts. Also when they return and through the pearl in the ocean it is like a fable, because the story came full circle to where a lesson was