Does Kino choose his destiny or his fate, and how does this fate affect his life in The Pearl?

To some
extent, Kino is a victim of fate. This is because, as a member of Mexico's indigenous
population, things happen to him; he doesn't make things happen. Poor and downtrodden, the likes
of Kino don't get to make important decisions concerning their lives. They simply have to hope
for the best and pray that one day fortune might smile on them.

And when
fortune finally does smile on Kino in the shape of a pearl, he's no less subject to the dictates
of fate than he was before he found this precious object. That's largely because he's still at
the bottom rung of society's ladder and is therefore still reliant on those at the top such as
the doctor giving him a fair price for his valuable find. As such, Kino still finds himself
chronically unable to shape his own destiny.