![]() ![]() However, things change when Coyotito is stung by a scorpion in a freak accident, and the extent of the deprivation they suffer from being poor, uneducated, and indigenous becomes obvious.īecause of their son's size Juana and Kino are terrified that he might succumb to the scorpion sting without medical intervention. Their lives are simple, and poor, but in the opening of the pages the family seems extremely content with their lives. Kino, his wife Juana, and their baby son Coyotito live in a poor village on the edge of a fairly prosperous town called La Paz. Steinbeck introduces us to a young family of indigenous Mexicans who make a living pearling. John Steinbeck's 1947 novella is a kind of parable about how the things we think we want desperately can actually sometimes destroy our lives when they come to pass.
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