In the second half of the book the pearl's identity is definitely not what it seemed. When first discovered the pearl promised hope and prosperity but it's "secret song" proved it was anything but that. The pearl made Kino into a different person. It made him compromise the safety of his family as well as his well-established morals. "The pearl's song" was perhaps the most evil of all the songs not because of what it made Kino did, but because it wasn't expected. It was the element of surprise that was the root of it's evilness. It took advantage of Kino and his family when they were vulnerable and susceptible of the pearl's false hope and prosperity.
One thing that did frustrate me was the recurrence of bad things happening to a humble, good family. In the story the family just can't seem to catch a break. No matter what happens, or where they go, it seems their utter bad luck follows them. First they must try to escape poverty but that in return back fires on them and results in escaping town and the death of their first and only child. Their bad luck did not begin with pearl but it did make them aware of what they were missing out on.
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