When the doctor returns he is able to administer more medicine to help Coyotito. In the meantime, Coyotito grows more ill, prompting Kino to bury the pearl in the corner of the home. Eventually, the doctor returns and treats Coyotito, and says he will return in an hour. With this large pearl he begins to dream and brag about what he will do with the money.
Kino finds such a large pearl that it attracts attention from all of the villagers. To remedy this, his father Kino takes their canoe out in search of a pearl that he can sell to pay the doctor.Īt home, Juana prays that her husband will find a pearl bigger than any other and her prayers are answered. His parents take him to the doctor however, they are turned away because they do not have payment for his treatment. Although they are poor, the family lives a relatively happy life until one day, Coyotito is bitten by a scorpion and his life is threatened. The novella takes place in a remote seaside village where a young family of three live: Kino, Juana, and their infant son, Coyotito. What real life lessons do we learn from literature?.
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