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The protagonist of The Red Pony, Jody, is a ten-year-old boy, son of Carl and Ruth Tiflin, whose head is adorned with "hair like dusty yellow grass" (145). His "shy, polite grey eyes" are inquisitive and, as is typical of childhood, Jody will speak freely about his thoughts and fears, which often raises the ire of his taciturn father, whom Jody seems to fear rather than respect (145).
The Pearl: When Kino, an Indian pearl-diver, finds 'the Pearl of the world' he believes that his life will be magically transformed. He will marry Juana in church and their little boy, Coyotito, will be able to attend school. Obsessed by his dreams, Kino is blind to the greed, fear and even violence the pearl arouses in him and his neighbours.
24 de ene. de 2017 · The Red Pony by John Steinbeck. Topics IIIT Collection digitallibraryindia; JaiGyan Language English. Book Source: Digital Library of India Item 2015.264621.
In THE RED PONY, Jody begins to learn about adulthood - its pain, its responsibilities and its problems - through his acceptance of his father's gifts. First he is given a red pony, and later he is promised the colt of a bay mare. Yet both of these gifts bring him tragedy as well as joy, and Jody is taught not only the harsh lessons of life and ...
And Billy knew he was thinking of the red pony, Gabilan, and of how it died of strangles. Billy knew he had been infallible before that, and now he was capable of failure. The knowledge made Billy much less sure of himself than he had been. “I can’t tell,” he said roughly. “All sorts of things might happen, and they wouldn’t be my fault.
Rites of Passage/Initiation. Each of the four stories in "The Red Pony" portray trials that the "little boy" Jody must undergo on his journey to adulthood (145). Similarly to Medieval "rites of passage," where a page must pass certain tests in order to finally achieve knighthood, the reader follows Jody as he undertakes his own quests on the road to maturation.
