PLOT Chapter 3

-The chapter begins with a description of the town as a biological organism with a mysterious nervous system of communication
-Soon the news of Kino’s pearl sweeps through the townsfolk, the priest, the doctor, the beggars and the pearl buyers.
- Each person responds with greedy self interest, calculating how he may acquire the share of profit
-The town is filled with envy something black and evil is instilled in the town, like the poison of the scorpion.
The Vision

The music of the pearl and the Song of the Family mingle and both are good
Kino sees visions in the translucent surface of the pearl
- sees himself married to Juana in church
- He sees fine clothes and a new Winchester rifle.
- envisions Coyotito to be well dressed,
sitting in a schoolroom and
learning to read.

The Visit By the Priest

-The priest comes to see Kino and
reminds him that he is named after a great man
-Kino hears the music of evils but does not know where it comes from.
-The priest reminded him of his duty to the church and praises him for wanting to marry Juana in the church and blesses them before he left.

The Visit by the Doctor

-The doctor visited Kino and suggested that the scorpion’s venom may still be inside Coyotito.
-Only he the doctor could save the child with his superior knowledge
-Kino is enraged. He suspects the doctor is lying but is fearful.
-The doctor shows them false evidence of poisoning.
-He skillfully administer a drug
-He promises to return in an hour
-Kino buries the pearl in the dirt.

The Doctor Returns

-The drugs administered by the doctor begins to take effect and the baby becomes very ill.
-Kino remembering the drug , hears the Song of Evil which drowns out Juana’s crooning Song of the Family.
-The doctor returns and administer the antidote.
-Bringing up the subject of payment the doctor tricks Kino into revealing, with the flick of the eye,the hiding place of the pearl.

The First Attack

-Kino listens to the night sound fearfully.
-He changes the hiding place of the pearl and
-They sleep and Kino dreams.
-His dream turn to darkness and the song of evil awakens his every sense of danger
-He senses the presence of an intruder in the house.
-He drives the intruder away after striking him with a knife. He receives a blow in his head.

Dawn: The Beginning of a New Day.

-The new day begins with the crowing of the roosters
-The waves makes morning music.
-Kino digs up his pearl and stares at it.
-He sees the pearl as a reflection of a holy candle and hears the music of the sea
-Both Juana and Kino begin the new day with hope