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What happens at the end of the book The Pearl?

Last Updated: 3rd April, 2020

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The man with the gun fires a shot in the direction of the crying and Kino takes that opportunity to attack the men. He kills them all. In the end, Kino and Juana return to the village with a dead Coyotito, who suffered a gunshot to the head, and toss the pearl back into the ocean.

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In this way, what happens at the end of the Pearl?

Heartbroken, Juana and Kino return to La Paz. The two approach the gulf, and Kino looks at the pearl for the last time and sees in it an image of Coyotito with his head shot away. In anguish, Kino hurls the pearl into the ocean. It sinks to the bottom and is soon buried in the sand.

Likewise, who kills Coyotito in the Pearl? The watchman decides to silence the wailer by shooting in the direction of the cry. Unbeknownst to Kino, the bullet hits and kills Coyotito. As the watchman shoots, Kino springs upon the trackers, stabbing the watchman and seizing the rifle.

Subsequently, question is, what happened to Coyotito at the end of the Pearl?

All of this is added to the movie and never happened in the novella. Finally, in the novella, Coyotito is killed by a rifle shot from the hunter just as Kino attacks the hunter and trackers. Kino and Juana, defeated, return to the village with the lifeless body of Coyotito, and throw the pearl into the sea.

What happened in Chapter 3 of the Pearl?

Chapter 3 of The Pearl by John Steinbeck sees the people of the town all wanting to get their hands on Kino's pearl. The priest tries to get a piece, the doctor tries very hard (even poisoning Kino's baby, Coyotito), and a mysterious intruder in the night almost gets it.

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What happens just as Kino is about to attack the trackers?

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What happened to the baby's scorpion sting as soon as the pearl was found?

When Coyotito is stung by a scorpion, his mother tries to suck out the poison, but wants to take him to a doctor. By the time Kino finds the pearl, Coyotito has been healed by the brown seaweed Juana used on the injury. Kino wants to send Coyotito to school so that Coyotito can teach the rest of the community things.

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What does the doctor do to Coyotito?

It is implied that the doctor purposely poisons Coyotito by giving him the mysterious capsule, and the baby becomes extremely sick within the hour. The doctor then returns to Kino's hut and "cures" Coyotito by giving him a glass of water with three drops of ammonia in it.

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How does Kino look in the Pearl?

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What year is the pearl set in?

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