Buck In The Yearling

In The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, the reader learns that Buck has a helpful nature despite his upbringing as a Forrester. After Penny is attacked by the rattlesnake, Buck begins to exemplify his helpful demeanor by volunteering to provide the Baxters with help in the time it takes for Penny to recover. He quickly volunteered to “stay and work the corn and sich”(162). This offer to work at the Baxter’s property and the acknowledgement of what a family in need requires is just a hint at his helpful personality. Another representations of Buck’s personality is seen when he catches the Baxters up on work, and even goes above and beyond: “In the week he had been at the clearing, he had worked out the corn, the cowpeas and the sweet potatoes.