9 July 2014
The Red Pony
In the novel, The Red Pony, there are many major characters. Jody Tiflin is the main character of the novel. He is an only child whose father is Carl Tiflin. In the beginning of the novel he was around ten years old. He continues to grow throughout the whole novel. He is nice person but sometimes can be cold. Billy Buck is a middle aged man who works on Carl’s farm. Mrs. Tiflin is a stay at home mom. Carl Tiflin as mentioned before is the father of Jody. Carl has too pride to acknowledge Jody’s accomplishments. Gabilan is a young horse that is taken care of by Jody. Gabilan is very difficult to train sometimes. Mrs. Tiflin’s father lives in Monterey and visits the family once in a while.
11 July 2014 After reading the first part of the novel, Jody invites six of his friends to his father’s farm. Jody wants invite them over to show them his new horse that his father gave to him, Gabilan. I have feeling that one of Jody’s friends maybe jealous of his new red pony. That someone will sneak into his farm and try to steal the horse. I also have another feeling that Jody will make a mistake that jeopardize him from keeping the horse by Jody stealing a rifle bullet from his father, in part one.
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One of the themes was the burden of secrets that were kept. As a young boy, James knew very little about his mother’s childhood background. James’s mother Ruth discouraged his curiosity about her past and her background. She really never wanted her kids to know the things that she went through as a child and as a young adult. She was ashamed of the things that she went through, so she kept everything inside.What I think is going to happen is that James is that he is gonna have to realize that he can not be out doing drugs and skipping school. also he is going to have to grow up really fast.
“Listen, Jody, you ain’t de Jody ah run off down de road wid. You’se whut’s left after he died. Ah run off tuh keep house wid you in uh wonderful way. But you wasn’t satisfied wid me de way Ah was. Naw! Mah own mind had tuh be squeezed and crowded out tuh make room for yours in me (Hurston, 86.)” This was the moment in the book when Jody realized that his decision of using Janie and shaping her in the eyes of Jody was completely wrong and
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