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Kino’s canoe is “the one thing of value he owned in the world” (Steinbeck 14). Here Steinbeck is describing the huge importance of the canoe to Kino and his family; their whole livelihood depends on the canoe, they are almost irreplaceable. By saying that “the killing of a man is not so evil as the killing of a canoe”, Steinbeck dramatizes the scene and shows the strong emotions that Kino is feeling.
-Brianna B.

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I think that what Steinbeck means by the “killing” of a boat is worse than the killing of a human because a boat is defenseless and has no chance to try and mend itself, which means that whoever “kills” a boat is a merciless murderer. Boats are very important to Kino’s people so the “killing” of a boat is despicable through his eyes, but from someone else’s perspective, one could always replace a boat.

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I think what Steinbeck was trying to represent with,”the killing of a man is not as important as a killing of a boat” were the intense emotions that he was going through. However, taking someone’s life is much worse, as he can never come back once he’s dead.

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I believe that what Steinbeck was trying to say was the boat holds a legacy and it gets passed down the family, so Kino thinks the boat is more important to him than the killing of a man.
Angie

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if you kill a man they will not be able to be healed but if you kill a boat then you can fix it.
Jack

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I think Steinbeck was trying to show the importance of the boat to Kino. The boat was important to his ancestors, and now him. It depends on who’s boat it is. If it is your boat it could be worse than killing a man.

-Jack M

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I think that the boat may have tried to signify something in the story other than something valuable to Kino

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I’m guessing that Steinbeck was trying to make this scene stand out a lot, and to show the importance of the boat to Kino. I disagree with this quote because honestly, boats (and possessions in general) can be lost and replaced, but a life will never be.

Follow-up question: What does Steinbeck mean when he says man?

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I think that Steinbeck was trying to show how important this/these boats are to Kino and his people, and that it is very hard to replace, but from a logical standpoint, you can repair or replace a boat, but a human is a living thing, and once a human is dead, they cannot be brought back to life. -Weber🙅‍♂️

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I think that Steinbeck meant that the “killing” of a boat is worse that the killing of a human because a boat is defenseless and has no chance to help itself, which means that somebody who “kills” a boat is a merciless murderer. Boats were very important to Kino’s people so to Kino the “killing” of a boat is despicable but to someone else the “killing” of a boat doesn’t mean anything because one can simply obtain.

- Rayan.

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I think Steinbeck meant that the boat was very precious and one person dying is not as important as a broken boat.

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I think that a boat is very important in Kino’s life, at the beginning of the book, Steinbeck talks about how this boat has been passed down from generation to generation. I think he’s trying to show how much history Kino has with that boat. I agree because you can always just make another person, but you have so much history with the boat. The memories are unreal, and you can never replicate the dents, and scratches from all the memories. -Livi

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I really don’t know exactly but, I think that this person knows how important this boat was to kino so this person knew killing a man is not as bad as the killing/hole someone put in kinos boat after that boat being passed down for years.

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I dissaggre because a man cannot be heald if dead bit a beaut can be fixed. A man offers a lot more to a world like a plant it provides food shade oxygen and possibly building materials for living. A boat/canoe can’t provide that stuff but it can help make pay and get food. Both impact life but one is life it’s self and losing life is something cannot find again.

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It depends because to some, killing a boat is killing someone’s future and way of making money, and providing for family, and the same for all of their descendants, whereas if the boat was for leisur, it wouldn’t matter nearly as much as killing a person. It can be argued the other way, that these people could just make a new boat, or find a new job, and if you kill someone, there is no recovery, however, the boat can also have emotional importance(obviously so can a person), and at these times, a job to provid a source of income was incredibly challenging to find.

Thomas

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I think what Steinbeck means by “ The killing of a man is not as evil as the killing of a boat” is a boat can be used for many things, such as fishing, pearl diving, traveling, and so much more. This is such a valuable tool to have back then because it opens up a lot of valuable opportunities.

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I believe that Steinbeck wants to portray the importance of the boat to Kino, not only because of its purpose, but because of its sentimental value to Kino. I do not agree that the killing of a boat is as important as the killing of a man, but I am sure that Steinbeck wanted to show to the reader the strong emotions present in Ino during this scene. To Kino, the killing of the boat represents the killing of his family’s future in a sense, since the boat is one of the only sources of food and transportation, and it also is a way for Kino and his family to survive. For Kino the killing of the boat is the killing of his family.
-Edis

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I think that the killing of a man is much more evil as the killing of a boat. A man has sons and people that care about him. I think that the killing of a boat is better because the boat doesn’t have feelings.

Katie

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I think that what he means by this is that the legacy of a boat is more important than just the one life of a man, which is much shorter than the life of a boat could possibly be. A boat can be passed down for centuries, where as a human life usually does not even life on century.

I sort of agree with this, although that definitely does not mean that murdering someone is an acceptable thing, obviously.