Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Answers for Literary Terms Questions on "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse"

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tamu said...

The Summer Of a Beautiful Horse

Q#3: About Plot and Confict

The climax of the story is when John Byro finds the two boys with a horse. He knows their family is honest, but thehorse looks like his horse that was stolen. He also inspects the horse's mouth. The conflict is when John iss looking for his horse, and they want to keep it longer. The theft is resolved after they return the horse. The unresolved conflict is the boys aren't punished for the theft. Perhaps it is because Mr. Byro is trying to protect the kids since their family doesn't seem to realize they had the horse for several weeks. Or maybe Mr. Byro feels it is unnecessary as his horse was returned," Stronger than ever. Better- tempered too."

October 10, 2007 at 2:56 PM
Margaret said...

"The Summer Of a Beautiful Horse"

Example of Verbal Irony

Saroyen in his story uses Uncle Khosrove verbal ironies to show the contrast between the character’s personalities. For example, for John Byro, horse is an important part of his life and losing it, makes his life uneasy. He is sad and angry at the theft. In contrast, Uncle Khorsove reacts differently when he hears of the story; “ It’s no harm. What is the loss of a horse ?” His reaction might be provocative; he sees no value in a horse. His reaction makes him look “crazy”, but when we look closer, he shows something deep and meaningful. By using Uncle Khosrove verbal ironies, the author wants us to pay attention to different values like : patriotism, identity, or solidarity. He makes the point, that the appreciation of life is more valuable than to prize the material things.

October 10, 2007 at 4:40 PM
andrew said...

About conflicts

In the story there are two major conflicts: one is between the boys and the farmer about the stolen horse; the other is between John Byro and Uncle Khosrove about the different attitute towards life.The first conflict is completely resolved as the boys "took the horse to John Byro's vineyard," which makes John Byro say:"The horse is stronger than ever" and "Thank God" about having his horse back. Unfortunately the other conflict does not end in a satisfactory way. Actually this can never be resolved because neither of them would change their attitute towards their own life.

October 11, 2007 at 10:41 AM
zara said...

Q. what does achieve by creating such an atmosphere?

Saroyen by introducing life of “Aram and Mourad” at the beginning of the story that how they were full of life and with a mysterious dream and then he gave lot
of information about their struggle in their life environmentally and economically such as “the whole tribe was poverty-stricken” after all the struggles he shows how they are proud of their "past and history” by telling a story about two young boys that they “stealing” horse to dress their dreams with a lot of edgy thoughts and emotions. Over all he tries in whole story to make a point how the "Caroghlanian” tribe" tried and fought from children to adult to keep their pride safe and secure.

October 11, 2007 at 7:39 PM
Lola said...

Question: What methods does the author use to create atmosphere?

In “The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse,” the author creates the sad emotion and hopefulness atmosphere throughout the story. The presentation of “the most amazing and comical poverty” and the description of the environment where they live “at the edge of town” give readers an impression about the poor condition and the unsatisfactory situation they have to face and adapt to. Even though the nine years old boy, Aram, thinks “the life was still a delightful and mysterious dream”, the fact that he has no alternative to return the horse, “my heart,” is strongly affected by us. In addition, along the conflicts’ development, several characters’ personalities show readers the shine of the hope. The story is told as a memoirs, so it also brings missing atmosphere because we are often nostalgia for our childhood. These methods make the story rich and moving. (152 words)

October 11, 2007 at 8:35 PM
Jane said...

What are the moral conflicts present in the work?

In "The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse," a moral conflict is present, which is keeping the white horse for a ride or returning it. However, Aram and Mourad think taking the horse is different from "stealing something else such as money." Because they want to study how to ride the horse, they keep the horse for a couple of weeks, but finally they return it. Therefore, they still maintain the good reputation of the Garoghlanian family. In a word, the conflict is clear, and the good results are acquired in the end. Thus, I think Aram and Mourad make a right decision.

October 11, 2007 at 10:31 PM
Zhi said...

Question: Mark examples of verbal irony either by narrator or other characters. Explain how a character’s verbal irony helps characterize him or her.

A Clever Man
John Byro is not only a fearful farmer but also an intelligent man. When Byro runs into two teenagers, Mourad and Aram, with a horse, he does not point out the horse is stolen form himself weeks ago even though he can swear that. “Yet the horse is the twin of my horse,” Byro said. It is very surprise to us because there is a good chance for Byro directly takes his horse back. Of course Byro respects the fame of the teenagers’ family that and does not dare to confront the fact. However, after a deeply considering, we can find Byro’s action is very brainy. Actually, the following morning the horse is sent back to Byro’s vineyard. Finally, Byro gets back the horse and protects the reputation of Garoghlanian family because he is a clever man.
(137words)

October 11, 2007 at 11:02 PM
KERI said...

From the beginning of the story,Saroyan snatches our heart about two young boys disputing whether they should return the horse or not.At last,the two young boys return the horse to John Byro,the real owner of the horse.Here,Saroyan pushes the story to the climax.At the same time,John Byro is very happy,and thinks his horse "is stronger than ever.Better tempered",even "thanks God."Thus,the main conflict is resolved with the joy of the farmer.But we know the two unfortunate boy are too poor to afford a horse,even if they have strong desire to ride a horse.This conflict isn't resolved untill the end of the story.

October 11, 2007 at 11:23 PM
vic''ky said...

page 5 question 3

Q: what problems do they have? How do they attempt to solve them?

A: Mourad’s problem is that their family was living in the comical poverty: “We ever got money enough to keep us with food in our bellies”. When Mourad wants a horse to ride, he steals someone else’s horse. Actually, the Garoghlanian family has a good reputation: “We were famous for our honesty”. “No member of the Garoghlanian family could be a thief”. Everyone trusts them and respects them. He said :“ stealing a horse for a ride was not the same thing as stealing”. He justified his actions by not selling the horse. At the end of the story, he returned the horse and kept his good reputation.

October 12, 2007 at 12:02 AM
Claudia said...

Q. Mark examples of verbal irony either by the narrator or other characters. Explain how a character’s verbal irony helps characterize him or her.

In “The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse”, Saroyan represents an overstated irony through uncle Khosrove. His behaviour shows a bitter action in the story, when he becomes irate and shouts to Byro, “I spit on money”; it is a path to portray the poor background of Khosrove, but at the same time, it shows the intelligence of his character. Moreover, Uncle Khosrove shows an explicit sarcasm, especially when he compares harm and pain. Saroyan uses a metaphor to emphasize the personality of Khosrove “It’s no harm” “pay no attention to it “; with this action it gives a description of what it is important for Khosrove in contrast with Byro. Uncle Khosrove prefers a dwell instead of a horse. Byro seems to have a preference for his horse and surrey, and forgets the importance of losing a homeland. Saroyan gives a lesson of morality in how we should appreciate life instead of complaining for small things.
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October 12, 2007 at 2:53 AM
Ken J said...

The Summer of a Beautiful Horse

Setting about Atmosphere
Q#1. What methods does the author use to create atmosphere?
In “The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse,” the author William Saroyan portrays the horse “see . . .so magnificent, smell . . .so lovely, hear . . .so exciting.” The young boy Aram is deeply attracted by the horse when he senses that it is different from other horses. The atmosphere will let Aram run out of his horse to touch and ride the horse. The author did not say “Beautiful” but the atmosphere makes the horse the most beautiful one.

October 15, 2007 at 12:30 AM
Victoria said...

In the story "The Summer Of A Beautiful White Horse" by William Saroyan the main protagonist and antagonist are John Byro and Morad, respectively. John Byro ia a Lonley farmer (no family, no friends, no kids). He is hardworking, mature and peaceful man. Byro is very corages and honest old fella. His experiens and age made him smart and wise. Reader sympathizes Byro for his good temper and freindly mind. As an opposite to Byro Saroyan introduces us with Murad. He is young, crazy, full of energy and surrounded by infinit number of relatives. Regardless his actions he is trusted by people of his city because of the family reputation. Although he is very young,he is smart and skilful. However he ia dishonest and a little careless. The conflict between two different generations under one "roof" and two different characters makes the story interesting to read. The fact that these two people are both wise makes the conflict and the story in general magnetic.

October 23, 2007 at 5:13 AM

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