Read Online The Red Pony (Grades 7-8, W/Transparencies) By John Steinbeck Contained In Paperback

story about a pretty, pretty precious pony Hurray! This is going to be gigglyjoyous, laughygood pony times!, . . What It's written by John Steinbeck Fuck, Sorry pony, you or everyone you love is going to die,

Yes, these are tales of living on a ranch in the early days well, earlyish of California, but underneath they are more of the same Steinbeck: the vignettes of the hardscrabble life of immigrant farmers.


Specifically, it's second and third generation immigrants, such as seen in Tortilla Flat, The people are established. This is their land. It feels as if it's always been theirs, but there were others before them, . . ghosts now.

The Red Pony follows a boy, who is coming of age and given the responsibility of raising his own horse, Steinbeck captures well the emotions and perspective of a child feeling his way in a world that is changing for him, new understandings that jab at young folks daily like minor revelations.
Will he cope

Thought I'd give this a read, what with my interest in animals being piqued by Goodreads' recent ads for All Creatures Great and Small.
The Red Pony reads like a collection of related short stories, It definitely doesn't feel like a complete novel with a plot, climax and satisfying finish, There's just theme, like viewing a photo album, That can be enjoyable too, after all, every picture tells a story, don't it I hated this book when I was required to read it, and as it was I remember reading it alone in the library inth grade and writing a paper because the class was reading a book I had already read.
Suffice to say I'm enjoying Steinbeck more now, Not As I Remembered ItYears Ago,

I read this as a child, and I cried, It may have been the first real novel that I had ever read, as I was actuallyinto reading comic books at that age,

My brother was reading The Grapes of Wrath at that same time and was asking our mother if it were true about the dust bowl and depression and what the people went through.
It was, she said.

My father had given my older brother a collection of John Steinbeck books, so the reason we chose him to read, I grew to love Steinbeck, but I am not so sure about this book now, It was just too sad for me as a child of ten or so,

I remember as a child I would lose all my dogs to death, and the baby lamb that my step dad brought home, I sat there with the lamb in my lap as it was dying, and I asked God, Why I got no answer, A few years later I began to feel that every animal I ever loved died, And, well, they still do,

This book was not what I remembered, but I really had no idea what I remembered as it was

too long ago, I also didnt remember that this book was four stories, It was about Jodys growing up years, I was glad for this, as I liked two of the other stories better, Only they were all too short, I was also glad that I did not cry this time,

I really loved the story about the old pisano, Gitano, who showed up on the ranch saying that he was born there and desired to die there.


Jody asked him questions about the mountains to the west of the farm that was situated near Salina, CA, Jody only knew that they lead to the ocean, Gitano had only adventured there once but only remembered that it was quiet,

Jody wanted to hike the mountains, and that is what I would have done since I spent my youth hiking the hills in our small town of Paso Robles, CA and going to the river with my dogs, whichever one I had at the time.
Jody didnt venture out, and I wonder if that was because he had a strict father, a father I was glad to not have had, Yet, my own father was mean, but my mom divorced when I was, I had free range of the town, the hills, and the river after that,

Then Jodys grandfather came to visit, and I would have loved that story to go on as well as the one about the pisano, It was not to be, As soon as his grandfather arrived, problems broke out in the family, well, only with Jodys dad, and it was not going to be a nice visit, except that Jody wanted to learn from him.
He wanted to know about his trip out to California by wagon train, as he had been the wagaon train master,

All in all, it seemed like everything was dying around Jody, mostly by his own hands, such as horn toads, snakes, mice, etc, It left me with a feeling that I didnt wish to hear anymore, Kids can be so cruel at times, and it made me to remember how my boyfriend first husband and I put a mouse in a flashlight, but when we took it out he was almost dead.
I think he survived. I hate memories like that, or when we shot frogs at the river with a bb gun, How cruel. I wonder what my mom would have said if she had known, I know if I had had kids, I would hope that I would have taught them to not harm animals,

I would not have liked farm life, unless we were just raising food crops, And it seems like the older I get the less I like harming anything unless it is poisonous snake or spider or anything that is about to harm me.
But real life isnt so easy on a person, and it certainly wasnt easy on Jody,
Notes: I loved this when I was young, so I am keeping theorstars, I would only give it three today,
RerRead June,



Myyo daughter hung in there for Ch, but with the unexpected sad ending, she didn't wish to continue, I went on to finish the lastchapters which were nearly as depressing as the first one, It is beautifully written as Steinbeck usually is, but also incredibly devoid of hope, The message seems to be, outside of your family, don't get attached to anything because it will betray you or die, I felt the father character Carl Tiflin was particularly heartless and Billy Buck, the hired hand, a bit disappointing in that despite his supposed knowledge or horses and weather, he blows it nearly every time with Jody.
It was unfortunate that the book stops so suddenly as well, I was left wanting to see Jody grow up a bit, Those fried eggs and hot cakes by Mrs, Tiflin do sound yummy, and it was interesting to see a slice of life from prewar times out west, Hey everyone, it's myth review on goodreads!!!!!!



Honestly I'm a little surprised we've gotten this far as I mostly started reviewing just to make some mental notes on things I liked about recently read books but here we are and with theth review.
I decided to go with another classic, Let's try another cheerful Steinbeck work shall we

It's the story of a boy and his pony! How sad can this one

Oh

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As I said, another cheerful Steinbeck read,

The book is really four connected short stories focusing on a young boy named Jody, In one he learns about death, In another he learns about death, In another he learns about life and death, And guess what, there's some more education in the fourth as well,



Yes, I know I'm just making this sound like a charming book, aren't I Seriously though, it's actually a great examination of a person coming to terms with mortality at various points in time.
On one hand, it feels like it all hits this poor kid in a short amount of time, but it gets the point across,

The last Steinbeck I read sitelinkBurning Bright was a major disappointment this one certainly makes up for that, I do not find it as good as sitelinkOf Mice and Men, but this is certainly well worth a read, I can't say it's a "fun" book, but it is a beautiful one and one I highly recommend, . . just, you know, don't buy it for a child thinking it will be a fun book about a boy and a pony because that would just be cruel.


/stars. .