The Red Pony Literary Element

The Red Pony

METAPHOR:

---Carl Tifflin's joke comparing Gitano to Old Easter: "If ham and eggs grew on a side-hill I'd turn you out to pasture too. But I can't afford to pasture you in my kitchen." Page 46

SYMBOLISMS:

---The pony in The Red Pony works as a symbol of Jody's boyhood and innocence as well as a symbol of his future.

---The death of the pony makes Jody believe that he should not have absolute trust in any human being. He had trusted Billy Buck and had been disappointed; it also teaches him the pain of loss.

---When the old man, Gitano, secretly leaves the ranch with the old horse, Easter, Jody feels a Ў°nameless sorrow.Ў± He feels sorry and sad because he loses a friend and the old man has left the ranch to die alone. Page 51

---When Billy Buck has to kill Nellie, this incident brings a huge change in Jody. He grows through the understanding of the importance of a relationship between two human beings. He also learns that selfishness causes guilt and blames himself for Nellie's death. (This example functions as an image, too) Page 73

---Through his experiences with his Grandfather, Jody becomes less self-centered. He feels compassion because of his Grandfather and he is willingly to give up doing what he would lie in order to spend time with him.

---The spring tub and the black cypress tree represent life and death respectively. The spring tub is the place where the