The Pearl
It is extremely frustrating that the doctor is only willing to assist the people that are rich. A doctor's duty is to provide care anyone and everyone because this is what they were trained to do. He is clearly not a kind or caring man, and he appears to be very selfish. Even if he did not go help the other poorer people, the doctor could have at least given Juana and Kino something to save their baby since they had come all the way to his home.
When Kino happens upon the very big pearl, he begins to list all the ways that he will spend the money the pearl will bring. Although, I cannot help but wonder if he will end up running out of the money, just as a lottery winner does. When a poorer person wins the lottery, they tend to waste it everything that they possibly can afford and often go bankrupt. Kino has essentially "won the lottery" with this pearl.
Kino and Juana seem to have very different ideas about the newly found pearl. It appears that Kino views it as something that supplies them with fantastic opportunities. Despite this, Juana looks at it with fear and does not want anything to do with it. This really seems to show the variances in their outlooks on life: Kino is a dreamer and Juana is practical and more logical.
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