Prompt #3: Compare and/or contrast yourself with one of the main characters in the book. The main character of Laura Hillenbrand’s novel Seabiscuit: An American Legend is a racehorse for which the title is named. Throughout the novel, Seabiscuit proves a very intriguing horse with many endearing and some undesirable traits. I feel that I am quite similar to the racing hero referred to as, the Biscuit. Seabiscuit and I have very similar behavioral patterns. When Seabiscuit is younger and living in Fitzsimons’s barn, he is often described as real lazy. Sleeping is noticeably his preferred hobby and his forte. It is noted that when the Biscuit wasn’t sleeping, he was eating. Seabiscuit and I display nearly identical behaviors including
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We are both very cunning and slightly deceptive. We try to get away with things in strategic ways. One of the greatest runners in all of horse racing, Seabiscuit managed to convince his early handlers that he couldn’t run, but really he just did not want to. Though it is not one of my most admirable traits, I am the same way. If I do not want to do something, I want to try to get out of it. Also, the Biscuit and I are competitive by nature and self-motivated. Seabiscuit loved to win and not only defeat his competition on the track but in their minds. Seabiscuit would taunt and break partners in training and other horses in races. In the 1940 Santa Anita Seabiscuit sneered, stared down and teased defending champion Kayak II, and zoomed ahead to win the race, collectively running the second fastest mile and a quarter in American racing history. Seabiscuit was also very driven, he ran and trained because he loved it, he responded well to respect and kind treatment. That is why the Biscuit preformed better when it was asked of him rather than being whipped. Seabiscuit thrived when under the care of Smith (his trainer) and Pollard (his jockey) because they understood him and how he worked. I am a lot like that too; I am competitive, ambitious, and work best in situations where I am
We are both very cunning and slightly deceptive. We try to get away with things in strategic ways. One of the greatest runners in all of horse racing, Seabiscuit managed to convince his early handlers that he couldn’t run, but really he just did not want to. Though it is not one of my most admirable traits, I am the same way. If I do not want to do something, I want to try to get out of it. Also, the Biscuit and I are competitive by nature and self-motivated. Seabiscuit loved to win and not only defeat his competition on the track but in their minds. Seabiscuit would taunt and break partners in training and other horses in races. In the 1940 Santa Anita Seabiscuit sneered, stared down and teased defending champion Kayak II, and zoomed ahead to win the race, collectively running the second fastest mile and a quarter in American racing history. Seabiscuit was also very driven, he ran and trained because he loved it, he responded well to respect and kind treatment. That is why the Biscuit preformed better when it was asked of him rather than being whipped. Seabiscuit thrived when under the care of Smith (his trainer) and Pollard (his jockey) because they understood him and how he worked. I am a lot like that too; I am competitive, ambitious, and work best in situations where I am