The biggest shock from this book is that the pearl is rated as having no value. The dealers then offer Kino small amounts of money for it and he feels as though he is cheated. I didn't understand why it would be labelled as having no value. It's one of the biggest pearls they'd ever seen. Wouldn't that make it rare and therefore very valuable? I know I'd pay a lot of money for a beautiful pearl. Why wouldn't other people?
It also seemed unfair to Kino that he couldn't get any money for his amazing pearl. He was trying to pay for medical treatment for his sick son and he had made all those promises about what he'd do with the money. Nothing is going his way. It's Kino vs. The World.
Next, a strange things happens. Kino is attacked and his house is set on fire. Everyone can guess that it is because of the pearl. But the dealers said it had no value, so why would these people want to attack him for it? It makes no logical sense. Fortunately he was able to kill the man that attacked him, and that seems like the only thing that ever went in his favor. I was slightly cinfused about this turn of events.
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