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The short story “Horses of the Night” by Margaret Laurence is told from the point of view of a young girl named Vanessa but mostly focused upon her older cousin Chris. Chris begins as an imaginative, optimistic, and hopeful boy set on his dreams for the world. As the story progresses, Chris is demoralized by life to the point where he no longer seems to be what he once was. The final breaking point appears when he begins to fight in the war and is sent home to a mental hospital after eventually going insane. A skillfully woven horse motif gives insight to Chris’s inner thoughts as well as the theme of the piece.

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.

“Pale Horse, Pale Rider” aptly symbolizes the era in which it was written because it represents Modernism so well. The theme of death not only connects to the heroine of the story, but also the “death” of the old. Miranda’s personal struggle with illness and her struggle with love reveal the tensions of the era in which the story is written. These themes of death and love, which are intrinsically more connected than one may realize could, connect to most of what we have read in this class. Though, of course, the styles differ, these themes remind me of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock,” especially because there is an individual narrator dealing with the issues of love and death. Despite the gender and lifestyle differences of Miranda and

All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy explores many different themes about humans and the natural world. The story’s often vacant landscapes, and barren descriptions promote an idea of isolation throughout the text. One of the only recurring motifs throughout the story that promotes a sense of life are horses. Horses clearly stick out in the otherwise depressing landscape, and McCarthy utilizes this along with other techniques to develop an overall theme to the story. This theme, that humans and the natural world are somehow interconnected, is clearly portrayed by the role that horses play in the novel.

The abuse that the Tennessee Walking horses are forced to endure is completely unnecessary. Soring techniques are used to achieve an extremely unnatural gait. This desired gait is the

John Grady is not your average cowboy. All the Pretty Horses is not your typical coming-of-age story. This is an honest tale. Cormac McCarthy follows John Grady as he embarks on his journey of self-discovery across the border. Armed with a few pesos in his pocket, a strong horse and a friend at his side, John Grady thinks he’s ready to take on the Wild West of Mexico. At their final steps in America, a stranger, aged thirteen, joins our heroes. This unexpected variable named Blevins challenges John Grady, testing his character and pushing him to uncomfortable limits. The dynamic of their relationship reveals John Grady’s capacity to care for others as he shelters this kid from the hardships of reality and the

There are many biomechanical actions that happen over very short times during equine locomotion that make gait analysis difficult to evaluate using normal diagnostic tools (Clayton, 1993).

Gaited horses, like the Tennessee walking horse, for example, are a special type of horse. Tennessee walking horses naturally have a higher step. That high gait decreases bouncing and makes a smooth ride for the rider. In walking horse shows, the horse with a highest gate wins the competition. This gate is known as the “Big Lick.” To produce an even higher gait, many trainers have used chains or special horse shoes that cause more pressure on the hooves of a horse. This practice is known as soring, when people cause pain to the lower legs and hooves of a horse to speed up the training for a high (Gang). Thoroughbreds are used for one of the most famous equine sports ever; horse racing. However, these fast horses have a secret that make them go even faster. Performance-enhancing drugs are used by veterinarians, trainers, and owners. This increases the horses speed, but the drugs are used way too often, and therefore damage the horses bones (Cohen). Whips are also a tool of encouragement in the racing industry. That is also hard to separate into black and white. One horse may shy away in fear from the whip, while

The Breeders' Cup as it’s called, is less than two months away, so let’s change it up, and talk about some horse feet today! Here are some fun horse foot facts as they relate to human feet!

Some people use whips and other things but horses have one of the thickest hides out there, so the wip does not hurt them at all. Also people make noises to make their horses go faster too but it doesn’t hurt the horse all it does is annoy them, so it makes them faster.

First off when purchasing your horse you have to watch for proper balance. Balance is arguably the most important aspect when examining a horse since it is fundamental for both movement and performance, this is determined by the horse's bone structure.(Duberstein) Some aspects that play a role in determining the balance includes the horse's weight along with the proportions and angles of the body. A horse can be light weighted or heavy weighted and still balanced if its bone structure allows for equal distribution of that weight. Appropriate balance of a horse allows it to carry itself in a well mannered fashion.("Test Your Eye for Horse Conformation") Along with a horse's balance, structural correctness plays a major role in

When you think of cowboys you think of a hero, someone who seeks adventure and thrill. But things might not be always as it seems. “A cowboy’s life is not the joyous, adventurous existence shown in the moving pictures”(Bill Haywood). A true definition of a cowboy is a man, who herds and tends cattle, specifically in the western US. We tend to focus on the mythical side of the story and ignore the reality.

When you decide to start riding horses, you need to choose a discipline. Although versatility is perfectly fine, you will most likely want to focus on one type of riding. The two main types of horseback riding are english and western. The following is a guide to english riding. The Horse English type horses are usually leggier and more athletically built than the stockier western horses. They are built uphill, which means that their withers are higher than their backs. Horses of any breed can be ridden english, but the breeds that excel in this discipline are: thoroughbreds, warmbloods, gaited horses, and Arabians. Stock breeds, such as Quarter Horses and Paint Horses usually do better when ridden western. The Gaits The gaits in english riding are faster than those of western. The three main gaits of english horses are: walking, trotting and cantering. The walk is obviously the same as western, but english horses often hold their heads higher than western horses. This isn 't a matter of the horse 's "spirit," but the western horses are trained to carry their heads a little lower. The horse 's trot is a fast, up-down gait. The english rider will either sit or post to the trot. The canter is even faster than the trot, and it is a three-beat gait. The rider will rock their body to go with the movement of the horse. Many people refer to it as the "rocking chair gait." The Rider English riders tend to sit up more on the front of their pelvis, while western riders tend to

Building strength and confidence is a good thing, and it can easily be built from riding horses. This is one of the many few benefits that riding a horse has on the body, but there are many other positive things that riding a horse can do.

When I learned how to heal my horse’s hoof a couple of years ago, the vision of being a vet was reaffirmed. It was a hot summer day when my dad and I were working around the barn. Like any other day as we worked we would check on how the horses were doing, this included grooming them and cleaning their hooves. We noticed one of our horses, Indie, moseying over with a limp and not putting weight on one hoof. I immediately was worried, thinking that he might have a serious injury.