Where The Red Corn Grows Analysis

According to Steven Aitchison “Never give up on your dreams. The waiting can seem painful, but the regret of not going for it will be even more painful.” In other words readers learn that when you accomplish something it feels good, but when you don’t, you regret not working. In Wilson Rawls’ Where the Red Fern Grows, he develops the theme of never give up on your dreams and goals, fore you will regret.
In the beginning of the book it shows that Billy is not giving up on his goals. On page 21 it Rawls’ says “The long hard grind was over. I had it-my fifty dollars.” This represents the theme because he really wanted those dogs so he worked hard to get money. Every day he would think of new coonhound puppies. He got the money from selling

The coon went up one of the biggest trees in the river bottom. He really had to work for this coon so he started hacking at the tree. It took him days. His parent knew he needed and really wanted this coon. So they brought him food so he could achieve his goal.
Later on in the story, on page 157 Rawls explains how Billy feels about the big hunt.
“At first I was scared and then a wonderful feeling came over me. I felt the excitement of the big hunt as it burned on me.” Billy knows he will be competing against the best coon dogs in the Ozarks. His dream was to have the best coons in the Ozarks, so this was his time to showcase his dogs skills.
At the end of the book, Billy was in the championship coon hunt. It started great with a coon quickly but then mother nature turned on Billy. It started to sleet. The judge, Papa, and Grandpa both told them that it was time to go back to camp, but Billy didn’t want to go without his dogs getting the most coons. Later on in that night they treed 3 coons . They got two of those coons and won the golden