What Is The Theme Of The Story Where The Red Fern Grows

Have you ever read a story that can relate to almost anything? Where the red fern grows is one of those stories. A story that has true meaning behind it and is one of the all-time classics that many schools across the country to this day still read as part of their curriculum. Many kids cannot relate too this book, but it sends a message that if you want something bad enough and are passionate about it, you will get rewarded someday. Billy a boy who always dreamed of getting coon dogs asked and begged his parents to get him two coon hounds, but his parents were broke and had no money so Billy has to come up with his own money for the hounds by selling fishing bait, fruit, and hard work. Eventually Billy comes up with the money and gets his
For example, in the beginning of the story the book explains how poor Billy’s family is. How his dad cannot afford two coon dogs for Billy and how his mom has to make all of the family’s clothes. The family is dirt floor poor. I can picture a shack that the family lives in with a fireplace, holes in the wall, rotting furniture, an old iron stove it’s not a very pretty place. Another part of the story that is described very well is at the coon hunting contest when Billy, his father, Grandpa, and the judge go out hunting the night of the competition. It starts getting cold as a blizzard starts the night of the contest it’s snowing almost 6 inches an hour. Billy lost track of his dogs in the snow storm, but ends up hearing them barking at a coon up a tree. When Billy arrives to the dogs there’s a cliff between Billy and the dogs. Billy’s Grandpa tries working his way down the Icy cliff, but falls and sprains his ankle. When Billy finally retrieves Old Dan and Little Ann their backs were froze over with a layer of ice from all of the snow hitting them throughout the night. This is a very easy picture to paint in this part of the story because everyone has looked off a cliff before and everyone has seen somebody with a
Where the Red Fern grows is told from a two person narrator from Billy’s point of view and also from a narrator which is Genius by Wilson Rawls. Because some scenes of the story look good from Billy’s perspective and some scenes are told better from a narrator’s point of view. I personally like it best when the narrator tells the story. Because when Billy tells the story you’re in Billy’s mind and I don’t like that from a readers point of