SARA ASKARI said..
Kino and his fellow village members experienced dehumanization in a time of need. After Coyotito had been poisoned by the scorpion, Juana decided to go to the doctor. The only doctor in the town was White, and in that time, Whites discriminated against Native Americans. They asked the White doctor to help them, and he coldly repudiated them by telling them that he needed to tend to a much more important case, rather than dealing with a Native American baby. In this situation, they experienced much dehumanization.
Not only did Kino and his villagers experience dehumanization by the doctor, even the priest looked down upon them and called them children. Normally he would call other believers brothers or sisters, but not to Kino and his fellow villagers. Also, Kino suffered dehumanization when all the pearl traders came up with a plan to trick Kino into selling the pearl at a low price. They tried to take advantage of Kino's low level of education.
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Kino and the villagers experienced dehumanization on many different levels. When Coyotito got stung by the scorpion, the doctor refused to help him at first because he was of lower class & received no formal education. Also, when the pearl traders devised a plan to have Kino sell the pearl at a lower price than what it was really worth. They knew they could overcome his low education.
ReplyDelete-Ashley B
Dehumanization can go back very far. This book depicts a cruel dehumanizing act for when Kino's son was stung by a scorpion and the doctor didn't help them because they were "less" than him. Another example is that no one wants to visit the villagers area because it is so poor. Many of the characters, like the doctor, priest, and pearl buyers, try to take advantage of the bad education of Kino and the villagers.
ReplyDeleteDehuminization is a horrible thing, but has been in our history since the beginning of time. For example, The doctor refuses to treat Kino's son from a scorpian bite because he believes that Kio and his fellow villagers are less than human. Kino's trashy town is set aside from the glorious castles that belongs to the white men. In this, case, they are separated and tossed to the side as if they were garbage.
ReplyDelete-Griffin I.
The Pearl shows many examples of dehumanization. Kino suffers dehumanization at the doctor's to ask for help for Coyotito because the doctor pretended he wasn't available at the moment. Dehumanization occured when Kino went to sell his pearl where the dealers ominously planned a scheme to trick Kino to make him sell his pearl at the lowest price possible. Another instance is the priest considering the Native American villagers as children and trying to convince Kino into giving him the pearl. Finally, Kino and his family experienced dehumanization again when the trackers hunted him down.
ReplyDeleteKino and his fellow villages experience dehumanization in many different ways. When Kino went to the doctor to help his baby, the doctor turned him down because he thought Kino was less than human. When he went to the pearl dealers, they tried to take advantage of him. They tried to take advantage of him because he was uneducated. Dehumanization is wrong, but it has been going on forever.
ReplyDelete-Jack L.
Jee Soo...You captured the most dehumanizing moment...humans tracking other humans down with the sole intent to murder them. What could be more dehumanizing than that?
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