“Seabiscuit an American Legend” written by Laura Hillenbrand and was set in the 1930's during the Depression era. During this time the world needed to have some kind of hope to hold onto and this was it. An ugly looking horse, named Seabiscuit, was owned by a car salesman, he was trained by a cowboy and ridden by a jockey blind in one eye. This story captured the hearts of everyone young and old and is to this day is still great.
What I liked about this story was the character Red Pollard the jockey. Red is the child of a Canadian family financially ruined by the Great Depression. He is a poor kid so in desperate need of money so his parents send him to live with a horse trainer. Red then becomes a jockey and makes extra money through illegal boxing matches which left him blind in one eye. Howard the owner of Seabiscuit’s sees Red and takes him in to be his rider and this is when Red's life takes a turn for the better. …show more content…
He was a sorry-looking horse with a messed up foot so no one wanted him. I didn’t like this because this happens a lot to people because they see someone who is different and they automatically judge and don’t want anything to do with them. Like for example if you don’t have a lot of money then people will look at you funny and don’t want you hanging out with them. That’s what happened to Seabiscuit they seen him as a nothing because he was little different.
At first I would have said that I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone to read because I don’t really like horses and don’t read horse stories but I did like this one because of the lessons behind it, so after reading it I would recommend this book to people because it is a really great story. It was a long story but it didn’t lose my interest at all, each chapter was good and I wanted to read more to find out what was
What I liked about this story was the character Red Pollard the jockey. Red is the child of a Canadian family financially ruined by the Great Depression. He is a poor kid so in desperate need of money so his parents send him to live with a horse trainer. Red then becomes a jockey and makes extra money through illegal boxing matches which left him blind in one eye. Howard the owner of Seabiscuit’s sees Red and takes him in to be his rider and this is when Red's life takes a turn for the better. …show more content…
He was a sorry-looking horse with a messed up foot so no one wanted him. I didn’t like this because this happens a lot to people because they see someone who is different and they automatically judge and don’t want anything to do with them. Like for example if you don’t have a lot of money then people will look at you funny and don’t want you hanging out with them. That’s what happened to Seabiscuit they seen him as a nothing because he was little different.
At first I would have said that I wouldn’t recommend this to anyone to read because I don’t really like horses and don’t read horse stories but I did like this one because of the lessons behind it, so after reading it I would recommend this book to people because it is a really great story. It was a long story but it didn’t lose my interest at all, each chapter was good and I wanted to read more to find out what was