The Red Pony | The Red Pony

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Author: John Steinbeck
First Published: 1937
Type of Work: Novella
Type of Plot: Pastoral
Time of Work: The early 1900’s
Setting: Salinas Valley, California
Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction, Bildungsroman, Pastoral
Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Children, Family or family life, North America or North Americans, United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Nature, California, West, U.S., Death or dying, Ranches, ranchers, or ranching, Life and death, Horses, Ponies
Locales: Salinas Valley, CA

Jody Tiflin, a young boy (ages ten through twelve over the four stories) growing up on an isolated California ranch. He is a normal kid—dreamy, sometimes irresponsible, and not above childish pranks—who loves the other members of his ranch family and learns something from each of them in the different stories of this novella: practical sense from his father, sensitivity from his mother, courage and caring from ranch hand Billy Buck, and a feeling for the past from his grandfather. Jody is at the center of each story. It is his red pony, Gabilan, that is...

The Red Pony | The Red Pony

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