In this story, one scene shows how Kino tries to play God by blocking a group of ants, but later he gets punished for his evil greed and is later played with by God. “He watched the ants moving, a little column of them near to his foot, and he put his foot in their path…. He is no longer like God”(8). This quote from the book refers to God as Kino tries to play God, but can’t stop nature making him no longer like God. In the Red Pony, there are many parts that refer to special things that can later foreshadow things in the future of the story such as the mysterious mountains and Gitano. “The mystery of the mountains makes them terrible and great to Jody, even in contrast to the gentle Gabilan Hills”(32). This shows the mystery of the mountains as Gitano, from the mountains is another mystery. This explains the secret references and scenes of foreshadowing in John Steinbeck’s
In this story, one scene shows how Kino tries to play God by blocking a group of ants, but later he gets punished for his evil greed and is later played with by God. “He watched the ants moving, a little column of them near to his foot, and he put his foot in their path…. He is no longer like God”(8). This quote from the book refers to God as Kino tries to play God, but can’t stop nature making him no longer like God. In the Red Pony, there are many parts that refer to special things that can later foreshadow things in the future of the story such as the mysterious mountains and Gitano. “The mystery of the mountains makes them terrible and great to Jody, even in contrast to the gentle Gabilan Hills”(32). This shows the mystery of the mountains as Gitano, from the mountains is another mystery. This explains the secret references and scenes of foreshadowing in John Steinbeck’s