Family ManKino starts out in this novel as an all-around good dude. His life is built around diving for pearls, being manly, and spending quality time with his fam. He adores his wife, super adores...

Not-So-Desperate HousewifeIf Kino is obsessed with being a man, he is equally obsessed with keeping Juana in her place as a woman. And Juana doesn’t seem to mind. She accepts that she is to be pa...

Quick reminder, Shmoopers: The Pearl is a parable—the intention of this story is to illustrate a moral lesson rather than tell a story complete with nuanced, complex characters.Why are we remin...

The priest may not be as bad as the doctor, but he’s pretty dang close. He seems to have as little regard for the natives, and his only potentially redeeming factor is be that he doesn’t physic...