The Pearl

Why is the attack on the canoe such a disaster?

chapter 5 of The Pearl by John Steinbeck

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Kino feels that the "killing of a man was not so evil as the killing of a boat." His boat is a symbol of his livelihood and hence masculinity/identity.

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