Meet the Cast
Kino
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...
Juana
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...
The Doctor
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
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...
The Buyer
The buyer basically represents capitalism in its most corrupted, least functional form. Think of him as a Monopoly Man with devil horns.A quick EconLite lesson: the whole point of a free market eco...