The Pearl Chapter 6 Question

Answer the four questions you find most compelling.

1. How does Steinbeck compare Kino and Juana to animals in the chapter?
2. How does Steinbeck use the four different visions Kino sees in the pearl to suggest that Kino's dreams will never be acheived?
3. How do the songs change from chapter 5?
4. How has the appearance of the pearl (at least in Kino's mind) changed in the book?
5. Are Kino and Juana victorious or defeated at the end?
6. Do you think this is a racist novel? Why or why not?
7. Do you think this is a sexist novel? Why or why not?