What does Kino decide to do? What do his neighbors think of his decision?
Kino takes the pearl back and refuses to sell it to any of the pearl buyers in town. He says that he will
take it to the capital to sell it. Some of the neighbors think that he is very brave and right to hold out
for more, while others think that he was foolish to turn down an offer of one thousand five hundred
pesos. Still others hope that the pearl will not destroy Kino.