So our story begins with a young man named Kino in a small, beach side village. Steinbeck chose to include such detail that I felt as though the book was instead a movie I was watching. The beautiful sunrise outside of the little house Kino and his wife, Juana, shared with their infant son, Coyotito. We then see the details of Kino's morning and everything seems to equal the happy life for Kino.
When Kino returns inside of his house, he spots a scorpion on the bed that Coyotito is sleeping in. Soon Coyotito spots the scorpion. While Kino is waiting for a good moment to capture the beast, Coytito acts like any young child would. This causes the poor infant to be stung. Why hadn't Kino acted faster? He could have either moved the baby or tried to remove the scorpion. If he tried to move it, maybe he would have been stung rather than the baby.
After they go to the doctor, who says he cannot help, they go to the shore to go diving for pearls. Before Kino and Juana go into the water, they leave baby Coytito on the shore. I don't know if it is a cultural thing or not, but I don't think I would ever leave a baby alone on the shore while I went into the water.
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