At the beginning of The Pearl, he is a happy man at peace with himself. At the end, he is unhappy and has done many things he wishes he had never done.
What changed?
He started out happy with everything he had. A wife, a child, friendly neighbors, a canoe and a home...He needed no more to be happy. Then, he found the pearl. At once he began to dream about things he didn't need before he got the pearl. A rifle, a formal marriage, an education for Coyotito, none despicable things, but things he never seemed to need before. He became extremely protective of the pearl, hurting Juana, killing a man, hiding the pearl. Then the bad luck really started. His house and canoe were destroyed, and later, Coyotito was killed. All of this was really caused by his finding the pearl and not getting rid of it fast. I think Steinbeck is trying to say that money(the pearl) causes trouble and is showing it through Kino, which is like my theme, Money causes greed and hatred.
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