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Detailed explanation-1: -The trackers, thinking it’s a coyote, shoot at the dark cave where Juana and Coyotito are hiding. As the shot is fired, Kino springs on the trackers and kills them all. Unfortunately, Coyotito was killed by the first gunshot, and Kino’s journey with the pearl ends in tragedy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Kino attacks and kills all three men, then discovers that the shot has killed Coyotito. Kino and Juana return to La Paz with their son’s body. After looking at the pearl one last time and seeing its surface reflect images of all the disasters that have befallen him, Kino throws it into the ocean.

Detailed explanation-3: -In reverting to this animalistic strategy, Kino inadvertently transforms his own son into an animal, leading to Coyotito’s death by an indiscriminate gunshot on the part of the trackers, who mistake the baby’s cry for that of a coyote.

Detailed explanation-4: -Coyotito’s Death Just as Kino is about to kill the men who are tracking them, Coyotito makes a sound. Thinking it’s a coyote, the tracker shoots towards the sound, killing Coyotito. Ironically, saving Coyotito was the reason Kino wanted the pearl to start with, but ultimately Coyotito dies because of the pearl.