The Pearl-ch.5

That night, when Kino went to bed, Juana rose up and brought the pearl out, but she didn't realize that Kino was following behind her. Just by the time when Juana was about to throw the pearl back to the ocean, Kino grab the pearl and punched her. After Juana fell to the ground, Kino kicked her on the side as in he was insane, then he turn around and walked away. On his way home, another person jump out of the wood and try to steal the pearl from him. They wrestle and Kino accidentally killed that man. Juana catch up to Kino and picked up the pearl, she walk up to Kino and handed the pearl that he only cares about to him. By this time, they both knew there is a big storm coming, so they decided to leave this place secretly. While Kino went to get his canoe, Juana went home to get Coyotito, but all she see is a house set on fire. Kino ran back to Juana because their canoe has a big hole and they can't use it, and he saw Coyotito in Juana's hand and their house burning into ashes. They hid in Tomas' house while other assume they were dead, they talk about where to go and they decide to travel to the cities of the north. With all their property burned, they have nothing left, nothing except the pearl which now signify his soul.

In the video clip, the lady talked about her family and feminism. Feminism focus on women's rights and seeking of an equality in gender. Her parents stood for feminism, and she grew up listening to these things. This idea of feminsim influence greatly on her belief and life, which also led to her conclusion of three Paradox; rejecting the past and promptly reclaiming it, sobering up about our smallest and maintaining faith for our greatest, and aiming to suceed wildy and being fulfilled by failing very well. She often face hardship and problems that led her to the idea of doing all kind of crazy stuff to reduce her stress and she think low of herself, similar to Juana's situation. As a position of wife in Juana's society, they depend on their husband a lot. They view their husband as "gods" and their thoughts and ambitions as a set of laws or order they have to follow and accomplish. But that lady, talk about her new ideas and stated the second and third paradox, which demonstrate self-confidence, self-esteem, and courage in insisting her own thoughts. Juana, on the other hand, was cautious toward their situation and alerted to the impact of the pearl, yet her humbleness and subservience permit her to only obey Kino to the point that she drag her injured body towards her husband just to return the pearl. The lady in the video end up saying that life is not just about glory, or certainty, or security even!

"It is about Embrace the Paradox.
Act in the face of overwhelm.
Love People really Well."
Because these are what really matters at the end. Juana thought about this but she didn't dare to agrue with her husband, for she didn't know that the glory, certainty, and the security that Kino is seeking from the pearl might bring a big breakdown to everything they originally had.