Why does the father suddenly laugh when he was going to kill them? --Morgan
At the end, why did the dad laugh? --Harry
Why did the dad laugh at the end instead of shooting the horses? --combo of many
Why would his dad be laughing instead of killing the horses like he said? --Shafter S.
Maybe he was laughing becuase he saw that the horse was friendly and was not going to hurt him so he had a smile on his face and maybe he wasn't going to kill it after that
ReplyDeleteI think that the father may have been enlightened by the horse's playfulness.
ReplyDeleteThe dad said that he would shoot the horses because he thought that they were a nusance. He didn't because he noticed how playful they were,and how you don't have to kill them."My old man silently mouthed their numbers." That quote ,and how he goes slack afterwards, shows how partial the dad is to his animals. He doesn't like to kill them. "The hood of his coat fell away from his face, and I saw that my old man was laughing." That quote shows that he is not a hardened as the son thought throughout the story, he actualy thinks the horses are fun.
ReplyDeleteI think the dad laughed because he all of the sudden had a change. "Looks like w will have to do it for them." "In his hand he held a hunting rifle, his Remington 30-06." It never said he held it lined up it just said that he held it in one hand.
ReplyDeleteI think he laughed because the horse was friendly and he thought diffrently, and maybe he didnt shoot the horse because he knew that the boy loved the horses. "In his hand he held a hunting rifle, his Remington 30-06. "This is your fence, These here are your horses"
ReplyDeleteI think the dad laughed because the horse has showed him fun and happiness.
ReplyDeleteMy quote is, "The hood of his coat fell away from his face, and I saw that my old man was laughing".
I also think he laughed because he let the horse do whatever. And the horse wasnt trained like that.
The old man is very strict, and he didnt think any one would disobey him.
The dad's inner emotions came out from somewhere deep and it really showed that he isn't so bad after all. Or maybe he remembered a funny joke like "Why did the horse cross the road? Cause he was taking a walk and he had to cross at somepoint to get back to the barn." :D
ReplyDelete"The Remington dropped to the ground, the bolt open, the breech empty. Half a dozen bright brass cartridges left my old man's hand to skip and scatter across the snow. The hood of his coat fell away from his face, and I saw that my old man was laughing." This quote says, obviously, what we all already know: that his father didn't shoot the horse, but instead laughed. The queston is why. I think he laughed, because the horse taught him how to relax. How to have fun. How to rest and enjoy the present. Taught him the joy of leisure. I also think that maybe he had a secret passion for that horse, and liked him all along, just as he liked his angus cows. "When they were all embarked, when for the moment his work was done, his face fell slack and dull, and his shoulders slumped. And for a breif moment we stood still, moitionless as I had ever seen him. It was as though a breaker somewhere inside him had popped, and he had been shut off." This quote shows that he didn't like sending them away to be slaughtered, so why would he want to shoot the horse? Especially if that horse is allowing him to let go.
ReplyDeleteI think he laughed instead because the horse showed him that she wasn't going to hurt him and that she just wanted to play. She showed him that she would stand up to anyone who was going to hurt her which showed him that she was brave, and not worthless. "She was teasing the impassive angus steers, roaring up to them, stopping just short of the great bulk; turning on a dime and dashing away again." p.130 "As I watched her, she passed my old man without paying the least attention." p.130-131
ReplyDeleteI think that he was laughing because maybe he had found a use for the horses. or maybe he had learned to like them. or maybe he just lightened up a bit take your pick. it sounds to me that he's laughing when it says "....and his soulders were trembling in a peculiar way as he observed the interlopers on his land".
ReplyDeleteI don't think that the father shot the horses at the end because of two reasons. In the beginning when the boy is told to mend the fence the father says. "Remember, my old man said as he went back to his trator. First one that comes onto my property, I kill." All of the horses came onto the property at once. I don't think that he wanted to shoot all of them because that's a possible lawsuit. Another reason is that it is the holidays. " But because it was snowing and all around was quiet, the scene had the feel of a holiday, and I let them eat." I think this is the feeling the father at the end of the book. It was snowing, it was quiet all around. I think that the father didn't shoot them because it was like christmas.
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ReplyDeleteI think the father laughed because he thought how much his son would be disappointed because how much the horses ment to him. "Cinnamon , the sorrel, came over to me one afternoon when i was on my break" He spent a lot of is time around the horses. It goes to show how much he enjoys them.
ReplyDelete"... clamped her teeth on the wire and braced her knees and tuged I gently taped her mussle." he is not rough with the horses.
I think the dad let the horses live because he never really hated them in the first place. "She lowered her delicate head and nipped at him, caught the him of his coat in her teeth and started to tug" on page 131 I think marked the spot wear the horses wore him down to realizing that he did love them. "The hood of his coat fell from his face, and I saw that my old man was laughing" shows that he does feel a sort of gentleness towards the horses, and that he is amused my their play.
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ReplyDeleteWe agree with your comment. We think that your point on how the horses and cows affect the father makes sense in the reason why he didn't shoot the sorrel. I also think that the way his son loves the sorrel made a difference in the way he thought of them.
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I think the dad laughed at the end instead of shooting the horses because he probably didn't have a great childhood. As in, the dad probably couldn't have horses, or he had a bad experience with them to have such negative thoughts and just didn't want his son to have the same experience.
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"His feet slipped in the snow."
"Half a dozen bright brass cartridges left my old man's hand to skip and scatter across the snow."
I think he secretly wantedto buy his son a horse. "the hood of his coat fell away from his face, and i saw that my old man was laughing." I think he told his son he would kill the horses if they came on his property ("first one that comes on my property, I kill.") because he knew his son liked them and wanted him to know what hard work was by having him mend the fence. that way he would take care of his horse when he got one.
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