In John Steinbeck’s, The Pearl, readers meet Kino, a pearl-diver who leads and supports his family, and his wife, Juana, who fits into the role as a normal wife at the time. When Kino finds a magnificent pearl, both of their lives change forever. They dream of how the pearl will lift them out of poverty and give their son, Coyotito, more possibilities in his future. However, the pearl also sparks an evilness in their family that slowly tears them apart. The two differ through their mental strength, but Juana and Kino share similarities in their confined roles as a husband and wife. With the support and balance of their differences and similarities, the two fuel off of each other, they create a unity between each other. Juana and Kino’s strength show differences through their approach of accomplishing their dreams …show more content…
After Kino dives into the bay with his physical strength and finds the “pearl- of-the-world” which could make their dreams a reality, an intruder attacks the family in their hut at night,” There was a soft scurry in the doorway, and running steps for a moment, and then silence (...) ‘It is nothing,’ Kino said, but his eyes and his voice were hard and cold and a brooding hate was growing in him. Now the tension which has been growing in Juana had boiled up to the surface and her lips were thin.’This thing is evil,’ she cried harshly. (...) ‘This is our one chance,’ he said. ‘Our son must go to school he must break out of the pot that holds us in’,” (pg. 38). After an unknown figure attempts to steal the pearl, Kino acts as if the pearl has no effect on the matter. On the other hand, Juana worries about what the pearl has brought. Kino holds