Creative Writing: The Joys Of Horses

Not only does Rose support her family but she also accepts and cares for Troy’s extended family. Living in the 1950's was a difficult time for an African-American woman, but Rose saw this difficulty as a challenge and worked to succeed. Rose often refers to the changing-times; the new opportunities for blacks. Troy, however, believes that the black man will always be inferior. Lyons, Troy's son from a previous marriage, always come around whenever he wants something according to Troy. However, Rose sees Lyons asking for money and help as a plea for guidance, but Troy refuses both to him. Rose takes a dominating role in this instance as she demands Troy to give Lyons the money (ten dollars); with it a story of guidance about responsibility. Without Rose stepping in, Lyons wouldn’t have been told the real reason for why his father hadn’t been there for his childhood. Rose works scrupulously to form a good relationship between Troy and his son Lyons, even though she is not Lyons’s mother.

do next they tie her up and take her to Roy’s House. Finally reaching the house Cheyenne’s

Well come on…I’ll make a batch of biscuits,” (26). Rose steadily tries to be the best mother that she can be for the Maxson family and not just take care of herself. She represents the primary care giver of the Maxson household by cooking for everybody and bringing the whole family in together to eat. “Okay, Troy…you’re right. I’ll take care of your baby for you…cause…like you say…she’s innocent…and you can’t visit the sins of the father upon the child. A motherless child has got a hard time,” (79). By Rose saying and doing this, it just proves how loving and tender hearted she is. Even though Rose is not the child’s mother, she still wants what is best for the baby. “Stop that yelling. You gonna wake up Raynell. I just got her to sleep,” (80). This shows that Rose has fully accepted Raynell as her daughter. Rose does not see Raynell as just Troy’s daughter but also hers too. Rose says, talking about Lyons, “Let the boy have ten dollars, Troy,” (19). This shows how loving and caring Rose acts towards Troy’s son. Rose and Troy clearly do not have enough money to be giving it out, but she encourages Troy to give some to Lyons because she cares about everyone. Rose is a very good hearted person who uses all of her characterisitcs to keep everyone in the family together and keep them in check.

| Rose is describing her frustration and also, describes her jealousy towards Caroline’s life; that she escaped from living on a farm and had the ability to choose her life.

When Rose learns that after eighteen years her man had sustained a relationship with another woman, she was devastated. She hardened. The softness in the love she had for Troy changed forever. Her hurt can be felt through her words as she tells Troy exactly how she feels:

She felt a chill run down her spine as she had a sense that someone was watching her from afar. Slowly turning to look behind her, she looked out in the distance of the woods by her house. When she felt certain that no one was there she proceeded the rest of the way to her front door.

As a side note I did look to see if I could find Rose’s diary but was unsuccessful. If anyone can find it I would be interested to read that passage in full context.

In the short story “Horses of the Night” the author uses horses to represent and symbolize the emotions of the main character Chris. Chris is a young man struggling through the great depression with unrealistic goals of going to college. At the beginning of the story Chris talks to his younger cousin Vanessa about his two horses Duchess and Firefly, which turn out to be imaginary. The horses are described as being sleek and so fast Chris could make

All the Pretty Horses borrows heavily from the American Western genre. The novel, in both form and feeling, evokes classic Western themes and tropes. John Grady Cole, the protagonist and archetypal cowboy character, brings a gritty independence typical to the genre. However, All the Pretty Horses achieves more than a Western thematically. The novel aims not to just explore the genre, but also to transcend it, reverse it, and break it, using ironic staging and imagery. In this way, All the Pretty Horses provides a deep commentary on manhood, fate, and history, contrasting the heroes of Western legends with those of reality.

The stairs creaked under her feet as Esperanza walked down the stairs and onto the cold hardwood floor. The house was dark and the atmosphere sad. Mama and the rest of her family were nowhere to be found. She looked down at her hands and remembered the day before when she had pricked her finger on the thorn of a rose, harboring bad luck. Had the rose really caused that much trouble? She couldn’t believe how much something so small could change her life so much.

“What! I demand to be let in.” Rose started, “Not only am I Nancy Nickerson’s daughter it is just common kindness.” There was a very stern guard blocking the clearing. There hasn’t been a development in Nancy’s disappearance and Rose and Nick were ready to give up.

In the dusk of a summer Saturday evening, a trickle of light streams through the overhead leaves. One particular horse poses beneath a canopy of towering Adirondack oaks, most of which are only rivaled by the antique racetrack in age. Only a few fans are all that remains of the crowd that adorned the grandstand the hour before, with dreams to witness history. The few that linger lean enthusiastically over the barn barricade that had once struggled to restrain the appreciative masses and masses, only for the opportunity to catch a glimpse of this particular thoroughbred in the distance. But this horse didn’t win today. Today’s victor grazed out of his stall rows down, seemingly unnoticed. The sky, once a brilliant blue, has turned darker with

After school her uncle Weldon picks her up and goes home and when she gets of she goes to her room to see his dog. Usually his dad is not there. She goes to her bed and rember how she got her dog. She got her dog when his dad comes home with a dog and Rose wants to find his owner but his dad says no because he say that if doesn’t have a collar nobody cares about him so the kept the dog and named it Rain. Later in the book his uncle Weldon doesn’t have to work so he said to Rose that he take Rain to have fun but when they got school and Rose got of her dog followed her but her uncle took her back.

He soon passed away in her arms. Rosetta was lost for words and her heart was shattered. She was mute for a while until she decided to write to his parents breaking the news. In honor of her beloved passing, she stayed at battle to finish what they started so she can finish the dream of owning their own

This large black mare’s eyes glistened in the sunlight as Callie tacked her up and hopped on. They rode out to the well, which was placed in the middle of a sandy field. Halfway there, Callie was becoming so hot that she had to take off her plaid shirt and tie it around her waist, leaving her in just a white tank top. She couldn’t even imagine how hot her black mare must be.