Steinbeck also goes so far as to say that the instinctive animal that Kino becomes retains all of the qualities that Kino retains, even so far as his lack of will to steal from his own kind. This also shows that his people developed it for need of defense, and that continual need of protection is the only reason such a protection would be needed, and there is only one source for this continuous onslaught, and that is the colonists. This shows that Kino’s people have developed this as a natural defense, and its use is only for defense. Steinbeck also emphasizes that Kino becomes his animal alias only when he needs to hide or protect himself. Steinbeck says that Kino was an animal who “lived only to protect himself and his family,” showing that he did it as an instinctive defense, and that he only becomes an animal to protect his family. Steinbeck says in the previous quote that the colonists treated “Kino’s race” like that, so perhaps it has become an instinctual reaction to the oppression of the colonists. 11)This shows that the doctor thought that the Indians were “animals,” and because of the fact that the colonists have been molding the Indians beliefs, the Indians thought that they were animals, perhaps resulting in the instinctive animal behavior. Steinbeck shows that the colonists have been raised with the instinctive belief that they were above the Native Americans, and that they were better than the Native Americans:”Have I got nothing better to do than cure insect bites for ‘little Indians’? I am a doctor, not a veterinary.” (Steinbeck, pg. This shows that the colonists control every facet of Native American life, and that anything that they want to be done will be done. 9)Once again, we can see the recurring theme that the Native Americans have become whatever the colonists mold them to be, and as seen in the second quote, Steinbeck says that “the doctor’s race spoke to all of Kino’s race as though they were simple animals…,” and Steinbeck says in the first quote that Kino “was an animal now….” This shows that Kino, and his people as a whole, have become what the colonists have made them, and that they have become whatever the colonists wished them to be. “He could kill the doctor more easily than he could talk to him, for all of the doctor’s race spoke to all of Kino’s race as though they were simple animals.” (Steinbeck, pg. He was an animal now, for hiding, for attacking, and he lived only to protect himself and his family… …never once did it occur to him to take one of the canoes of his neighbor.” (Steinbeck, pg. Steinbeck explores into the instinctual differences between the Native Americans and the colonists in the following quotes:”There was sorrow in Kino’s rage, but this last thing had tightened him beyond breaking. Steinbeck shows that the colonists and Native Americans are instinctively different, thus he attempts to give an excuse, or perhaps a reason, for the differences between them, and their outcomes.
Steinbeck’s next way to differentiate between the colonists and the Native Americans is using their instinctual actions. This reinforces the already presented idea that the colonists are, overall, living better than the Native Americans.
Because the colonists have plenty of resources, and the Native Americans are not living in the luxury of the colonists, it indicates an unfair share of wealth, which is oddly skewed in the favor of the colonists. 47)Steinbeck shows that the Native Americans saw the colonists’ living conditions as better than theirs, and that the streets were “a little wider,” which could be seen as a commentary for most things, and that in most things, what the colonists lived “a little” better. Steinbeck here tells us, and when combined with the quote above, the colonists are living better than the Native Americans.
Steinbeck reinforces the idea that the colonists were living better than the Native Americans in the following quote:”The procession left the brush houses and entered the stone and plaster city where the streets were a little wider and there was a narrow pavement beside the buildings.” (Steinbeck, pg. This shows the colonists as being very xenophobic, and being kind to their own race but “harsh” to other races.