When I picked this one up I had no idea of what it was about...except perhaps that it involved a red pony. Now that I have finished it, I am still not entirely sure that I understand on a cognitive level what it was about in total. It is the kind of book that demands to be reread. There is a lot of ...
It's easy to misunderstand Steinbeck's The Red Pony. I can think of a couple reasons why this is so. First, the title. Steinbeck was known as having a problem with titles. Naming this one The Red Pony was probably his first idea—much like Something That Happened was his original idea for Of Mice...
Jody and his family live on a farm where Jody helps take care of the chickens, cows and other things. His father decides that he is old enough to take care of his own horse, and gets him a red pony named Gabilan. After months of taking care of the pony and becoming attached to it, Gabilan becomes il...
The problem with this book is that it is really four very short stores. Three of the short stories are closely related whereas the fourth has nothing to do with anything. I was extremely disappointed after being built up by the second and third short stories only to be left hanging not knowing what ...
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