Will the Pearl Destroy the Family?

In the book "The Pearl",written by John Steinbeck, Juana believes the pearl will destroy her family. She wants to hide the pearl and then forget where they hid it. Kino still wants to keep the pearl so his son Coyotito can go to school. The pearl could destroy the family because they might become greedy. If they do become greedy they would always fight on what to buy. If they do it would end with a them fighting and who every kills the other one first gets the pearl. Also the neighbors could destroy by tring to steal the pearl. In chapter three they already caught someone tring to steal the pearl and Kino got hurt when they were fighting. Instead of getting hurt one of them might get killed. The pearl could destroy the family.