The Pearl
The pearl
15. How does the doctor’s saying, “I am a doctor, not a veterinarian", underscore the larger conflict?
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Aslan
The doctor thinks of Kino and his people as animals. The systemic racism that Europeans felt towards indigenous tribes is a problem that transcends Kino not having the money to pay the doctor.
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Allison G #509052
He felt that what Kino had to pay him was not worthy enough and that his kind should not even be considered people.
