I heard this was a really depressing book, but it's not really that bad at all so far. The author probably made the beginning so simple and happy to trick us and lull us into a false sense of security; even if I hadn't known that this wasn't a happy book, I would've suspected something bad would happen anyway. Happy characters don't make for much conflict, plot or a very good book.
What's with Kino in this? It seems like he's just sitting there while his wife does all of the work. I suppose that would be typical of this time, since Juana's the woman and the work she's doing is "women's work."
Kino's wishes of what to do with the pearl don't seem too bad; sending Coyotito to school, for example, would be a good thing, but it's pretty clear what the author's trying to do here. He's showing how when people come into money, they at first think of doing good and noble things but greed soon sets in. You can already see it happening when he wants a rifle for no real reason other than having one.
I bet the doctor's going to try to steal the pearl, since he offered to keep it and saw Kino look at the spot where it was buried, though that's pretty obvious. I wonder what's with the stray puppy that keeps showing up; maybe it's a symbol for something, though what I don't know, or maybe I'm just reading too much into this. I thought Kino was going to kill it accidentally when he went outside; that would've been despressing.
Juana's a smart woman, probably the smartest and most genre-savvy character in the book; what she said about the pearl being evil and destroying them probably will come true.
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