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According to The Pearl, the Indians and the Caucasians had the same plans of their own if they owned the pearl. The pearl meant wealth for the Indians. To the whites the pearl meant more power and wealth. Unlike the Caucasian, the Indians had many reasons for desi ....

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.... the well being of each other. When they found out kino's baby is stung by a scorpion and needs help from a doctor the villagers go to the doctor's house to ask for his assistants. When the priest heard the news of the new found fortune of Kino he wondered what the pearl would be worth to him and his church, he tried to remember whether or not he had baptized Kino's baby or even married them. The priest didn't do neither of these things because kino didn't' have any money and the priest would only do it for money. Juana at first found the pearl to be a blessing. Later in the story she finds it to be evil. The pearl caused her husband to go insa ....