I think that the father actually doesn't want to shoot the horses. I think he was almost trying to scare his son into having him fix the fence either because he is too busy or he was waiting for the people on the other side of the fence to fix it. He threatened his son with: "I'll shoot the first horse that comes on my property." I think he was waiting for the other people on the other side of the fence because he tells him to fix it and the guy doesn't even awknowledge him. (sorry didn't have the book so i couldn't get the exact quote.)
I think that at first the father wants his son to mend the fence just to keep the horses out of his pasture. I think this because of these quotes:
First Quote: "He swept his eyes along the fence. Wire's in pretty bad shape, he said. Bastards aren't doing their jobs."
Second Quote: "You keep the fence in shape then, he said. The staples and wire and stretcher and all were in the machine shed, I knew. Remember, my old man said has he went back to his tractor. First one that comes on my property, I kill"
At first the father doesn't like the horses, therefore he wants to keep them out, which is why he tells the son to mend the fence.
Because the father knew the son didnt want him to hurt or kill the horses, and the father didnt want anything to do with them cause he thinks there useless. Quote one: Remeber the old man said as he went back to his tracter. First one that comes on my property,I kill. Quote 2: Horses, ponies, my old man said. He had heard. He swept out a dissmisive hand. Cant work with them, cant ride them, cant eat the. Useless.
I would have to agree with what everybody else has said, in the fact that he didnt 'allow' his son to fix the fence, he told his son to fix the fence..."He swept his eyes along the fence. Wire's in pretty bad shape, he said. Bastards aren't doing their job. Looks like we'll have to do it for them"...and later on... "You keep the fence in shape then, the staples and wire were and stretcher and all were in the machine shed, I knew. Remember, my old man said as he went back to his tractor. First one that comes on my property, I kill" I believe these quotes support my ideas that the boy was told to mend the fence, so that the horses wouldn't come on to his propety.
I think that the father was going to see if the son really cared about the horses enough to mend the fence day after day, just so they don't get shot. This quote was just after the father told the son to mend the fence him self. " Remember, my old man said as he went back to his tractor. First one that comes on my property, I kill."
I think the father let his son mend the fence because he did not ever seem to care what his son what doing. The boy was doing something to help the father(keep the horses in), so he was happy with that. That shows how bad of a parent he is. "The fence was a shame and an eyesore." "I was the only one who knew what bad shape it was getting to be in."
I think he also mends the fence so the angus don't get distrubed by all of the minature horses. This quote is from " She was teasing the impassive angus steers, roaring up to them, stopping just short of their great bulk; turning on a dime and dashing away again. They stood in a semicircle, hind ends together, lowered heads outermost, and they towered over her like the walls of a medieval city."
I think the father allowed his son to mend the fence because he relized that the son had a connection with the horses and wanted to do somthing for them. On page 120 the son thought to himself *"I named it Cinnamon."* On page 125 the father said, "You'd like to have one, I bet. Wouldn't you boy?"
I think the father allows the boy to mend the fence because he wants the miniature horses to remain in the fence, because he knows no one else would fix the fence and he knew his son could keep the fence in shape. "He swept eyes along the fence. Wire's in pretty bad shape, he said. Bastards aren't doing their job. Looks like we'll have to do it for them."(page 125) I also think the man just doesn't want them on their property so he threatens the boy by telling him "First one that comes on my property, I kill."(page 125)
The father probably wanted the boy to mend the fence so that he would not spend so much time with the miniature horses. Since the fence gave the boy cuts and bruises, the father thought that after the boy mended the fence for the day, he would be so beat up and tired that he would have no energy for the horses. Instead, the boy tried to do the job as quickly as he could so that he could spend more time watching the horses.
I think the reason the father let the boy mend the fence was to teach the boy of the hard work it would take to care for a horse of his own. I also think that the father wanted the boy to have a sense of pride in doing working for something he loved which in this case would be the horses. "He swept his eyes along the fence.Wire's in pretty bad shape.Bastards arent doing there job. Looks like we'll have to do it for them. and, " you'd like to have one i bet, wouldnt you boy?"
I think that the father actually doesn't want to shoot the horses. I think he was almost trying to scare his son into having him fix the fence either because he is too busy or he was waiting for the people on the other side of the fence to fix it. He threatened his son with: "I'll shoot the first horse that comes on my property." I think he was waiting for the other people on the other side of the fence because he tells him to fix it and the guy doesn't even awknowledge him. (sorry didn't have the book so i couldn't get the exact quote.)
ReplyDeleteI think that at first the father wants his son to mend the fence just to keep the horses out of his pasture. I think this because of these quotes:
ReplyDeleteFirst Quote: "He swept his eyes along the fence. Wire's in pretty bad shape, he said. Bastards aren't doing their jobs."
Second Quote: "You keep the fence in shape then, he said. The staples and wire and stretcher and all were in the machine shed, I knew. Remember, my old man said has he went back to his tractor. First one that comes on my property, I kill"
At first the father doesn't like the horses, therefore he wants to keep them out, which is why he tells the son to mend the fence.
^^^^^comment above from Haley A. Period 3^^^^
ReplyDeleteBecause the father knew the son didnt want him to hurt or kill the horses, and the father didnt want anything to do with them cause he thinks there useless.
ReplyDeleteQuote one: Remeber the old man said as he went back to his tracter. First one that comes on my property,I kill.
Quote 2: Horses, ponies, my old man said. He had heard. He swept out a dissmisive hand. Cant work with them, cant ride them, cant eat the. Useless.
I would have to agree with what everybody else has said, in the fact that he didnt 'allow' his son to fix the fence, he told his son to fix the fence..."He swept his eyes along the fence. Wire's in pretty bad shape, he said. Bastards aren't doing their job. Looks like we'll have to do it for them"...and later on... "You keep the fence in shape then, the staples and wire were and stretcher and all were in the machine shed, I knew. Remember, my old man said as he went back to his tractor. First one that comes on my property, I kill" I believe these quotes support my ideas that the boy was told to mend the fence, so that the horses wouldn't come on to his propety.
ReplyDeletebecause "the first one to come on their property he kills" and they boy likes the horses and he dosnt want them to die so he MENDS it
ReplyDeletebecause they want it to look nice and they are helping out the neighbor and the horses. " you fix the fence to keep the horses in"
ReplyDeleteI think that the father was going to see if the son really cared about the horses enough to mend the fence day after day, just so they don't get shot. This quote was just after the father told the son to mend the fence him self. " Remember, my old man said as he went back to his tractor. First one that comes on my property, I kill."
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ReplyDeleteI think the father let his son mend the fence because he did not ever seem to care what his son what doing. The boy was doing something to help the father(keep the horses in), so he was happy with that. That shows how bad of a parent he is.
ReplyDelete"The fence was a shame and an eyesore."
"I was the only one who knew what bad shape it was getting to be in."
I think he also mends the fence so the angus don't get distrubed by all of the minature horses. This quote is from " She was teasing the impassive angus steers, roaring up to them, stopping just short of their great bulk; turning on a dime and dashing away again. They stood in a semicircle, hind ends together, lowered heads outermost, and they towered over her like the walls of a medieval city."
ReplyDeleteI think the father allowed his son to mend the fence because he relized that the son had a connection with the horses and wanted to do somthing for them.
ReplyDeleteOn page 120 the son thought to himself *"I named it Cinnamon."*
On page 125 the father said, "You'd like to have one, I bet. Wouldn't you boy?"
I think the father allows the boy to mend the fence because he wants the miniature horses to remain in the fence, because he knows no one else would fix the fence and he knew his son could keep the fence in shape. "He swept eyes along the fence. Wire's in pretty bad shape, he said. Bastards aren't doing their job. Looks like we'll have to do it for them."(page 125) I also think the man just doesn't want them on their property so he threatens the boy by telling him "First one that comes on my property, I kill."(page 125)
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The father probably wanted the boy to mend the fence so that he would not spend so much time with the miniature horses. Since the fence gave the boy cuts and bruises, the father thought that after the boy mended the fence for the day, he would be so beat up and tired that he would have no energy for the horses. Instead, the boy tried to do the job as quickly as he could so that he could spend more time watching the horses.
ReplyDeleteI think the reason the father let the boy mend the fence was to teach the boy of the hard work it would take to care for a horse of his own. I also think that the father wanted the boy to have a sense of pride in doing working for something he loved which in this case would be the horses.
ReplyDelete"He swept his eyes along the fence.Wire's in pretty bad shape.Bastards arent doing there job. Looks like we'll have to do it for them.
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" you'd like to have one i bet, wouldnt you boy?"