The Georges And The Jewels By Jane Smiley Summary

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Have you ever wondered how animals felt through the eyes of a human and the animal itself? Well the the two stories The Georges and the Jewels written by Jane Smiley, and Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse written by Anna Sewell. There authors both used first person point of view in the stories. In the story The Georges and the Jewels it's about, a little girl who believes that horses have more feelings than her father says they have. In the other story Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse, dives into how the horse feels and what they think about things the owners do. For instance, in the short story The Georges and the Jewels the author uses 1st person by, explaining how the main character also known as the narrator think that horses have feelings. More than knowing when to sit prance or eat. The author believes they have more than that due to some experience she has with a horse. It gives us more of a feeling of what the narrator is feeling throughout the story. In paragraph 10 it says, “ But when I woke up (and feeling much better, thank you), there she was, curled up next to me like a dog, kind of pressed …show more content…

In the text it says,” So that no way in the world can you get rid of that nasty hard thing; it is very bad! Yes, Very bad! At least I thought so.” This evidence shows us that the author uses first person point of view to show that the horse does have feelings about things his owner does to him. Another piece of evidence is, “ I certainly did feel queer; but I must say I felt rather proud to carry my I felt rather proud to carry my master, and as he continued to ride me a little every day I soon became accustomed to it.” this evidence shows us that the horse still has feelings and different emotions towards different things that are happening with them or around

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