The Red Pony by John Steinbeck
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Description
The Red Pony by John Steinbeck. This book is about the memories of what John Steinbeck pulled from his childhood in this story about a rebellious spirited boy who desires acceptance of early adolescence. This is not like most coming of age stories you would read, the cycle doesn’t end with a hero who “matured” by any circumstances. As John seelye writes in his introduction of the book, reversing common interpretations like every other stories, the red pony, is imbued with the sense of loss. The birth and death that our main character Jody encounters expresses a common theme that John Steinbeck writes in his books of how they’re all parts of life and how it keeps on going and resolves nothing This book is about the memories of what John Steinbeck pulled from his childhood in this story about a rebellious spirited boy who desires acceptance of early adolescence. This is not like most coming of age stories you would read, the cycle doesn’t end with a hero who “matured” by any circumstances. As John seelye writes in his introduction of the book, reversing common interpretations like every other stories, the red pony, is imbued with the sense of loss. The birth and death that our main character Jody encounters expresses a common theme that John Steinbeck writes in his books of how they’re all parts of life and how it keeps on going and resolves nothing
