Old Ramon Sparknotes

Old Ramon is a story about an older gentleman named Old Ramon and a young boy named Pedro who learns a lot from being around Old Ramon. Pedro is also Old Ramon’s cousin in the novel. The setting of this novel is in the old west; the novel starts by Old Ramon telling Pedro about the animals and their flocks, mainly the sheep. Pedro tells Old Ramon that chickens are animals too, Old Ramon argues with the boy saying chickens are birds not animals and he shouldn’t always believe what he reads in books. The boy and Old Ramon sit on a blanket that is laid out in the field and Pedro is washing dishes in a nearby creek. Old Ramon is teaching him responsibility by guiding him on where to put the dishes he has washed. Not only does Old Ramon teach him