Where the Red Fern Grows

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    doesn't become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination and hard work.” A character is revealed through hard work and most importantly, determination. “Determination is the key to a goal” is what is shown throughout the book, Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. Billy (the main character) is a determined to reach all goals that will take hard work, but a lot of determination. Determination is shown through all chapters. One time Billy shows determination is on paged 18-19 in the

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    A story about an adventurous kid & his hounds - hunting, winning competitions and facing death In the beginning of the story “Where The Red Fern Grows” a boy named Billy saw a group of dogs fighting on the street. Billy stopped the dogs from fighting and noticed a red hound all beat up. He took the hound home, fed him, washed him, and released him. This made him remember his old days of owning a hound. When Billy was 10 he wanted two hunting hounds but his family couldn’t afford it. Billy had a

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    any relationship, the pair faces obstacles or challenges that invokes camaraderie and deepens their emotional bond. As a result, both the life of the dog and his owner benefit physically and emotionally from their unrelenting kinship. In Where the Red Fern Grows, a young boy, named Billy, longed

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    Where the red fern grows by Wilson rawls was wrote in 1961. This story is about a boy who earned money to buy two redbone coonhounds. He trained them to hunt “ringtails”. He ends up entering a championship and wins. Sadly, after an unfortunate event his dogs passed away. First in the book the boy, billy earned enough money to buy the dogs he wanted for a long time.he teaches them to hunt coons. He ends up entering them in a championship coon hunt. After a sad event his dogs passed away. Soon after

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    the movie in “Where The Red Fern Grows” and about how they are similar and how they are different in every way.There are a lot of similarities and differences in the movie that portray how they are easily different. There is a huge difference in the book and the movie.In the book Rubin got tripped by a vine and fell on the axe.But there’s is a big difference in the movie Rainy tripped Billy and fell on the axe. They both fell on an axe, But in the book billy went to the grave where Rubin was buried

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    Where the red fern grows The book was written by Thomas Rawls in 1961. The movie was made by Norman Tokar, and was made in 1974. In the book he wanted hunting dogs, so he worked several jobs and saved enough money and bought two coon hounds. Coming back a bunch of kids picked a fight with him until the sheriff came. He named the two dogs Ann and Dan. He soon entered a coon hunting competition. Where little Ann won the best looking hound contest. Billy went to win the gold cup and the money. Until

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    In the book Where The Red Fern Grows, the readers learn from Billy that perseverance to get something done pays off. In the first set of chapters Billy shows a lot of perseverance. One example is he had to get $50 for the pups he really wanted. The reason this shows perseverance is because it took him 2 years to get. Then after that he had to go all the way to Kentucky to get the pups. I found this on pages 23, 24. In the first set of chapters Billy shows a lot of perseverance. One example is

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    Where The Red Fern Grows is an entertaining and sad story about a boy and his dogs. It was made into a book and a movie. Of course there were differences and similarities. The story was the same over all. This essay will state my thoughts on the book and the movie. I really enjoyed the book. I think it had more detail than the movie. It was also more sad than the movie. I think it was more sad because it had more detail and we got to know the characters more. It is probably one of my favorite books

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    The Book ‘Where the Red Fern Grows’’ and the movie (same name) have various plots and unique differences. The movie however is more fast-paced but shows you many things you may not be able to imagine. Still, I think the book is better than the movie. Character development and plot depth are lacking in the movie, even though the book and movie have similar endings. The book starts with a dog fight and flashback (Where the Red Fern Grows, Rawls Pg 2-4). The part of the movie where he saves money for

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    Rough Copy Red Fern Comparison Essay: In 1961 Wilson Rawls wrote the book Where The Red Fern Grows and in 1974 Where The Red Fern Grows the movie was made. In this essay, I will compare the 2 to determine which is better/more entertaining than the other. In my opinion, I prefer the book over the movie, the reason for this is because of the plot, characters, and setting I prefer the plot in the book because it has more emotion, added information, more detail, and more of a wrapped-up story, for example

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