The Georges And The Jewels: A Literary Analysis

The Georges and the Jewels and Black Beauty are both written in first person point of view. They each thoroughly describe how the main character feels toward a certain action that another character takes. The Georges and the Jewels is written in the perspective of a little girl named Abby while Black Beauty is written from a horse’s point of view. Even though the two stories are written from different people’s perspective and discuss different ideas, the first person point of view helps develop the characters. The passage, The Georges and the Jewels, is centered around a little girl. She talks about what she thinks about horse’s behavior and also compares it to what her dad says. The story is written in first person point of view. In the text, it states, “I know Daddy had to go into town and would be gone for the afternoon, so when I got down there, I just took off the saddle and hung it over a
At least I thought so; but I knew my mother always wore one when she went out, and all horses did when they were grown up; and so, what with the nice oats, and what with my master’s pats, kind words, and gentle ways, I got to wear my bit and bridle.” This quote illustrates how the horse if feeling toward wearing the bit and bridle. At first, it doesn’t like to wear it, but then at the end of the quote he starts to realize that it isn’t so bad. In the text it also says “I had of course been used to a hatter and headstall, end to be led about in the fields and lanes quietly, but now I was to have a bit and bridle; my master gave me some oats as usual, and after a good deal of coaxing he got the bit into my mouth, and the bridle fixed, but it was a nasty thing.” The horse is describing how the master put the bit and bridle on, and his first impression of the object. When it is first put on, it immediately hates it. So, the first person point of view helps develop the narrator's feelings towards wearing the bit and