Change is Inevitable: "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls

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“The fame of my dogs spread all over our parts of the Ozarks. They were the best in the country” (Rawls 131). This is a quote from the book Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls. Where the Red Fern Grows is a book about a boy, Billy, and his two coon hunting dogs. The three of them have many adventures, and many of these adventures demonstrate the theme that change is inevitable. Firstly, the part of the book when Billy got into a fight with the kids in the town is a great example of the theme change is inevitable. This part of the book demonstrates the theme that change is inevitable because Billy didn’t have a choice whether or not to fight. The town kids started teasing him first; he was bedraggled, dirty, and messy. Since he stuck out so much, the town kids started to tease him by pulling Billy’s hound’s ears and stepping on his bare feet. As a result, Billy became furious. “Smack on the end of Freck’s nose [his fist] exploded” (Rawls 43). Billy soon got dragged down in a maelstrom of punching and fighting. This fray was inevitable because Billy stuck out so much. The malicio...

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