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3.33 AVERAGE
3.33 AVERAGE
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
In each of the four chapters that make up this novella, there is a deep sense of loss and disillusionment, marked by the cyclical nature of life and death, ideals and reality. Jody, the young boy and main character, "comes of age" in this context, but that doesn't mean he matures in any profound way. He simply grows up and sees the world as it is presented to him: a place where gifts are given with conditions, promises are made and kept at a cost, and adventure dies unless attended to by the younger generations, if only for the cycle to repeat again.
emotional
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
this book broke my heart. also, what was wrong with jody's father? he was being a b*tch.
emotional
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was thinking about what I wanted to say about this novel. It's very short and sweet, and a bit tragic in the same way as [b:The Hunchback of Notre-Dame|30597|The Hunchback of Notre-Dame|Victor Hugo|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388342667s/30597.jpg|3043569]. And then on the back cover I read a very apt description: Unlike most coming-of-age stories, the cycle does not end with a hero "matured" by circumstances....The Red Pony is imbued with a sense of loss. Jody's encounters with birth and death express a common theme in Steinbeck's fiction: They are parts of the ongoing process of life, "resolving" nothing.
challenging
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I didn’t realize at first that these were three separate stories vs. a book. That changes how I feel about it tremendously because really… I just want to know what happened to dang horse in the third story, and I was angry at part 4 for not being about a horse. Steinbeck has a way of being real dark, doesn’t he?
adventurous
dark
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes