The Pearl Essay #8 Song # 1 Otherside by: Red Hot Chili Peppers, album: Californication, 1999 I think this song well describes the feeling in the Book The Pearl at the time when Kino and Juana were walking home from the hill with a rifle and their dead baby, the song shows their pain, and they, in a sense are taking their lives on the “otherside” (title of song) because once such a life influencing change is made in …showed first 75 words of 287 total…

…showed last 75 words of 287 total…decides to try to kill the trackers and slithers from bush to bush, building up the courage in his head; I think if the Song of evil was a real song it would sound like this song. “Load up our guns, bring your friends, it’s hard to loose, your to content” these words describe the feeling you can almost see when Kino is about to leap out from the bush he was hiding behind.