Jan 1, 2010

Smoky the Cow Horse | Topics for Discussion

1. In his New York Times Book Review commentary on Smoky, Stanley Walker says, "The story, luckily, is not told in the first person, and therefore James does not find himself forced to attribute any uncanny knowledge to the animal." What are some examples of the kinds of information that it would have been difficult to present from Smoky's point of view?

2. The narrator of Smoky infuses the story with gentle humor. For example, he states that "when Clint . . . held [the rope] under the pony's nose for him to see what it was the little horse near showed signs...