Question

plzz help!! from The Pearl “We do know that we are cheated at birth to the overcharge on our coffins. But we survive. You have defied not the pearl buyers, but the whole structure, the whole way of life, and I am afraid for you.” Explain what Juan Thomas is talking about when he mentions “the whole structure” and why it is so important to the story

Answer 1

Juan Thomas means when he says "the structure" is that the poor people are cheated from birth, but they made it through it. He is scared for Kino. It is important to the story because it foreshadows the things that happen to Kino.