The Relationship Of Kino And Juana
The Relationship of Kino and Juana
• In the course of a novel a relationship will change. It may grow and develop or it may deteriorate entirely.
• The relationship between Kino and Juana is one that is certainly tested.
• In the beginning of the novel they are a loving couple, entirely devoted to each other. For Kino this is represented in the ‘song of the family’. His love for Juana is the spark that starts off this song.
• Personal Comment: I particularly like the opening scene where we see the couple awake together in the brush house. The setting reveals that they are poor and simple living. Yet despite the poverty, there is a comfort, warmth and happiness that pervades the scene.
The relationship
Juana
•
Loving wife
•
Devoted to her husband
•
Uneducated and superstitious
Kino
•
Loves and protects his family
•
Strong bond to his wife.
The Scorpion Attack
• Both deal with the scorpion in a different way. It reveals that they are two very different people and it also reveals that they work well as a team. (I like to think of it as one represents the emotional/spiritual, the other represents the physical- but together they are a whole)
• He violently destroys the creature.
• She prays and chants old incantations(spells)
• They both do what is best for their child.
After the scorpion….
• It is Juana that suggest that they visit the doctor. Kino hates the idea as he hates the doctor. Yet he does it. (P.C-I admire him for this, it’s not easy doing something that you hate. But it highlights his love and respect for his wife. He values her opinion. Her happiness supersedes his own wishes. I think these are the signs of a good healthy relationship) • ‘she looked up at him, her eyes as cold as the eyes of a lioness’- an animal simile. This highlights her animal instinct and inner strength.
• ‘then we will go to him’ – Juana decides upon visiting the doctor.
(take a break from writing)In cinema…. •
Perhaps the most iconic protective mother of recent
• In the course of a novel a relationship will change. It may grow and develop or it may deteriorate entirely.
• The relationship between Kino and Juana is one that is certainly tested.
• In the beginning of the novel they are a loving couple, entirely devoted to each other. For Kino this is represented in the ‘song of the family’. His love for Juana is the spark that starts off this song.
• Personal Comment: I particularly like the opening scene where we see the couple awake together in the brush house. The setting reveals that they are poor and simple living. Yet despite the poverty, there is a comfort, warmth and happiness that pervades the scene.
The relationship
Juana
•
Loving wife
•
Devoted to her husband
•
Uneducated and superstitious
Kino
•
Loves and protects his family
•
Strong bond to his wife.
The Scorpion Attack
• Both deal with the scorpion in a different way. It reveals that they are two very different people and it also reveals that they work well as a team. (I like to think of it as one represents the emotional/spiritual, the other represents the physical- but together they are a whole)
• He violently destroys the creature.
• She prays and chants old incantations(spells)
• They both do what is best for their child.
After the scorpion….
• It is Juana that suggest that they visit the doctor. Kino hates the idea as he hates the doctor. Yet he does it. (P.C-I admire him for this, it’s not easy doing something that you hate. But it highlights his love and respect for his wife. He values her opinion. Her happiness supersedes his own wishes. I think these are the signs of a good healthy relationship) • ‘she looked up at him, her eyes as cold as the eyes of a lioness’- an animal simile. This highlights her animal instinct and inner strength.
• ‘then we will go to him’ – Juana decides upon visiting the doctor.
(take a break from writing)In cinema…. •
Perhaps the most iconic protective mother of recent