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Summary: Steinbeck at his best
Review: A word of warning to those who would read this book: this book (along with almost every other book Steinbeck has written) is not to be taken lightly. It holds nothing back, and some sections are downright disgusting. All this aside, I give you my review.
I am an avid reader in the 10th grade, I enjoy reading classic novels more than almost anything else. Such books as 1984, Animal Farm, A Clockwork Orange, Of Mice and Men, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Rainbow, Things Fall Apart and Night are my favorites. This book, is downright gorgeous. The words flow together so perfectly that it reads like poetry. Even without the deep meaning of the simple story, it is a fantastic book to read.
The Red Pony follows a young boy who lives on a farm before cars and industrialization. This boy is amazingly disciplined and follows the rule of his father(a man who abhors weakness) and is given a red pony as a gift from his father. The boy immediatly falls in love with the horse and feels immense pride in the beast. Unfortunatly, the horse falls very ill due to the mistake of a friend, and eventually dies a particularly gruesome death.
This is the background, but the real story begins hear. Now the book chronicals the boy's life after dealing with the loss of someone so near to him, and his struggle to find a way to cope with it. This is a great book to read with an educated friend so you can discuss the true beauty and meaning of Steinbeck's genius.
One final tip for reading this book: Try to find an older copy of the book. I read one that was made a long ago, the texture of the fibers in the paper and the leather binding makes the book so much more enjoyable to read, because it really is an aesthetic book, bringing a warmth across your body as you delve into the amazing word choice and sentence structure.
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Summary: This book was good I guess
Review: DO NOT READ THIS BOOK!!!! THIS IS THE WORST EXCUSE OF A BOOK THAT I HAVE EVER READ!!!! IF YOU EVER READ THIS BOOK I WILL FEEL A LOT OF SYMPOTHY FOR YOU! ONCE AGAIN, I HATED THIS BOOK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Steinbeck is a master American novelist
Review: I believe you just don't like to read if you don't enjoy Steinbeck's novels. He is the best author I have ever read and this book does nothing to dimish that accolade. Life in those times, on a farm, kid growing up, learning life/death, how to take care of animals is all addressed in this novel as themes. I think this book should be read by all junior high school students. Students in the city will probably have a hard time relating but that is the best thing in a novel where it will take you places and times that you don't normally get an experience in.
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Summary: Apology
Review: I have never read the book and never wrote the above review.
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Summary: Classic stories of a rural boy's life
Review: John Steinbeck's "The Red Pony" is a group of four interconnected stories: "The Gift," "The Great Mountains," "The Promise," and "The Leader of the People." Each story focuses on Jody Tiflin, a 10-year old boy growing up on a ranch on the west coast of the United States. The other main characters are Jody's parents and the ranch hand Billy Buck. Also frequently appearing are the ranch dogs, Doubletree Mutt and Smasher."The Red Pony" is not a novel, so readers expecting the cohesion and unity of a novel will be disappointed. The book should, in my opinion, be evaluated for what it is. And once you appreciate its own peculiar structure, you may, as I did, acknowledge "The Red Pony" as a powerful and beautiful work of art. Steinbeck masterfully captures the cycles of life, death, and renewal in the lives of both his human and animal characters. He creates vivid, often visceral scenes, that are written in a quietly powerful language. There are moving moments of joy, horror, and heartbreak. "The Red Pony" is a significant achievement by one of America's enduring literary giants.
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Summary: A SOURCE OF SERIOUS CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
Review: Seriously, I don't know how this can be considerd an appropriate book for a kid. It was assigned reading when I was 12, and I was utterly traumatized to this day (20 years later) by "The Gift." I remember graphic descriptions of pus and the sadistic delight Steinbeck took in detailed accounts of the home surgeries on the horse, a bloody tracheotomy and especially the image of the buzzard eating the pony's eye, his beak dripping with thick, dark blood. What kind of crazy person gives this to a kid? I cried for hours upon hours and I have never, never forgiven Steinbeck, nor have I been able to make myself read Steinbeck again. Too bad. I hear he's a decent wrier.
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Summary: A SOURCE OF SERIOUS CHILDHOOD TRAUMA
Review: Seriously, I don't know how this can be considerd an appropriate book for a kid. It was assigned reading when I was 12, and I was utterly traumatized to this day (20 years later) by "The Gift." I remember graphic descriptions of pus and the sadistic delight Steinbeck took in detailed accounts of the home surgeries on the horse, a bloody tracheotomy and especially the image of the buzzard eating the pony's eye, his beak dripping with thick, dark blood. What kind of crazy person gives this to a kid? I cried for hours upon hours and I have never, never forgiven Steinbeck, nor have I been able to make myself read Steinbeck again. Too bad. I hear he's a decent wrier.
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Summary: sucks
Review: SUCKS BIG BANANAS.... the book should never be read again, it has no poit to it , the book was poorley writen and everyone should burn the book if thay have a copy.
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Summary: The Red Pony
Review: The Red Pony is a famous book written by John Steinbeck. It contains four events in a ten-year-old boy??s childhood. Jody is a child who lives on a farm with his parents and a horse expert, Billy Buck, who was hired by the family. One morning before Jody had to go to school; his father and Billy Buck brought him to a box stall in a barn, and was given the red pony. It would influence his life thereafter. Steinbeck did a remarkable job catching the readers?? attention. The Red Pony was written well with clear, lively, and expressive language. Throughout the book, detailed information and expressive descriptions of the environment helped me imagine the setting before my eyes while I was reading it. The vividly described actions of Jody towards the red pony made me feel that the red pony was the most significant thing in his life at the moment. Steinbeck did not need to use hard words to convey what he was trying to say; instead, the easier and more colloquial words portrayed his ideas perfectly. Although the language of the story was used to make the readers thoroughly understand it, the title and the story itself didn??t really match. The first chapter talked about the relationship between the red pony and Jody, and the third chapter was about Jody and the mare that was bearing a colt. The colt would later on become Jody??s colt. However, the second and fourth chapter focused on a stranger that came to the family and Jody??s grandfather??s visit, which are unrelated to the title, The Red Pony. Therefore, the theme, the red pony, only relates to the promise of the new colt as the pony had died in the first chapter. Although The Red Pony is short, it was written concisely and clearly. The author did an excellent job of showing a variety of feelings in each character without the need for them to express it themselves. Steinbeck??s descriptions really draw the reader inside the story.
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Summary: The Red Pony
Review: The Red Pony is a famous book written by John Steinbeck. It contains four events in a ten-year-old boy¡¦s childhood. Jody is a child who lives on a farm with his parents and a horse expert, Billy Buck, who was hired by the family. One morning before Jody had to go to school; his father and Billy Buck brought him to a box stall in a barn, and was given the red pony. It would influence his life thereafter. Steinbeck did a remarkable job catching the readers¡¦ attention. The Red Pony was written well with clear, lively, and expressive language. Throughout the book, detailed information and expressive descriptions of the environment helped me imagine the setting before my eyes while I was reading it. The vividly described actions of Jody towards the red pony made me feel that the red pony was the most significant thing in his life at the moment. Steinbeck did not need to use hard words to convey what he was trying to say; instead, the easier and more colloquial words portrayed his ideas perfectly. Although the language of the story was used to make the readers thoroughly understand it, the title and the story itself didn¡¦t really match. The first chapter talked about the relationship between the red pony and Jody, and the third chapter was about Jody and the mare that was bearing a colt. The colt would later on become Jody¡¦s colt. However, the second and fourth chapter focused on a stranger that came to the family and Jody¡¦s grandfather¡¦s visit, which are unrelated to the title, The Red Pony. Therefore, the theme, the red pony, only relates to the promise of the new colt as the pony had died in the first chapter. Although The Red Pony is short, it was written concisely and clearly. The author did an excellent job of showing a variety of feelings in each character without the need for them to express it themselves. Steinbeck¡¦s descriptions really draw the reader inside the story.
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