The sheep perhaps were his most important tools throughout the novel. They were, for sure, a deciding factor in Napoleon's rise to power. This can relate to a person having too much power, because in order for people to take control they gather others to join in on them, and soon take over. One of Napoleons ways of manipulating the animals was by persuading them to do as he says, and the outcome will be better for everyone. Boxer the horse once states, "Napoleon is always right".
But if they are not there they are down at the arena with some of their close friends having their own roping. When they aren’t rodeoing or roping they could possibly just be out traveling the dirt roads on horseback with their family. Today it’s hard to find a true cowboy, due to all of these kids playing cowboy, if you look hard enough you will find one. They will be the hard working people out there working from morning to late in the night. They are the ones who the cowboy hat that has seen lots of things to their clothes that smell of cow crap and branded hide.
When they get to the border, Blevins ends up catching back up with the men. Rawlins has a bad feeling about this kid and believes the horses he is riding he stole. The three boys cross the border and set out to find a ranch to work on. The come to this little town where they stop for a drink, turns out its alcohol and they get drunk. They leave a keep riding then Blevins’s fells off his horse.
Victor states early on that he “needed one of their ponies. [He] needed to be a hero and earn [his] name” (Alexie 1). This seems to imply that each of the boys is struggling to find a way in their current lives and earn their place as a Native American. One important measure of a man, in their eyes, is the stereotypical abilities of an Indian warrior to sneak up on the white man undetected and steal his best horse. This message has likely been conveyed to them not
Another example of Pony showing bravery is when he went and fought the Socs in a huge fight called a rumble. Even though Pony was youmger and smaller then the rst of the guys and sick,he was still ready to back up his friends. Another character trait that Ponyboy showed in the story was uniqueness. One example of his uniqueness was on page 178 where Johnny,Pony's bestfriend said,"Like the way you dig sunsets Pony." This shows that unlike the other Greasers, Pony takes time to look at the glowing sunset.
Perhaps it's the risk, the gamble. In any event, it's a thing I need. There is no secret so close as that between a rider and his horse. Woman have horses because there are so few good men around. If you have it, it’s for life.
There is a mid shot of the backs of Shrek and Donkey walking towards a man in a Prince Farquaad costume, but when they see Shrek he runs away screaming. They have to go through some barriers and Shrek has to go in side ways, as he is so large, Donkey has to struggle to get through the turning barriers and Shrek sighs. The audience hear the sound of the barriers and the background music. They notice that there is nobody around and Shrek comments ‘it’s quiet too quiet.’ There is a mid shot of a closed information desk and Donkey opens it and there are a lot of wooden children singing the rules of Duloc. They change the words where they would normally swear.
One particular incident was when Seabiscuit was laying down in the field instead of running around. As a result, they dismissed him as a serious racehorse, turning him instead into a training horse that others could run against in practice, where he was trained to lose in one on one races. Seabiscuit became uncooperative and bitter. When they finally did put him into races, he did what they trained him to do: he lost, but still showed spirit. One day Tom a crackpot trainer sees Seabiscuit, and soon after they develop a deep connection.
She tries to flirt with men on the ranch but they all seem to have a rule of staying away from her because they think she is a “rat trap” or piece of “jail bate”, meaning she would get them into trouble if she got the chance. Her flirtatious actions towards Lennie at the end of the novel ,where she allows him to touch her hair, results in her death because Lennie wouldn’t let go of her hair and it resulted in him gripping her too tight and he broke her neck. Slim has lots of power over people on the ranch because of his reputation of being a good guy and all the men seem to confess in him almost as a priest-like figure. He is the jerkline skinner which mean that he is the leader of the ranchers and isn’t like Curley who abuses his legitimate power. He makes friends with George quite quickly and they talk about Lennie in a pitiful but admiring way (pitiful about his lack in intelligence but they admire him for his physical strength).
BEMUSED = Bewildered or confused; lost in thought; preoccupied. (Adjective) “They all sat still, all bemused by the beauty of the thing, each mind was popped into the future when this lovely thing should come about.” - P.g 57 BLEATED = To utter the cry of a sheep, goat, or calf or a sound resembling such a cry. (Verb) “Lennie covered his face with his huge paws and bleated with terror. He cried, "Make 'um stop, George." Then Curley attacked his stomach and cut off his wind.” - P.g 60 COWERING = To crouch, as in fear or shame.