War Horse Research Paper

“War Horse” is a book that should be added to the must read list for horse lovers. Not only is it entertaining to read a book from a horse’s point of view, it also has a theme that everyone should hear. The simple theme is that war destroys all that is beautiful and that man shows regard for nothing, but himself. The author, Michael Morpurgo, takes a gorgeous, gentle giant and throws him into the ugliness of WWII. The book has an entertaining story that also develops a solid theme about humanity itself through the work of an extraordinary point of view. The theme is much deeper than that, though.

The theme is that man and war ruins all that is perfect and beautiful in the world. Some may ask what was so amazing before that the story smudges. To be blunt, it could be life and the will to survive in general. A horse’s instinct is to fight or flee for survival, and Joey does. Many of his friends: like Topthorn, Captain Nicholls, and Emilie, were all overcome by death. After grieving deeply for his loved ones he pushes forward and lives on, for himself and his friends. Many times Joey was hurt, but pushed on for Albert; Albert was his only true master. He gets tetanus in the last part of …show more content…
The simple theme is that war destroys all that is beautiful and that man shows regard for nothing, but himself. If readers wanted to simplify if it more they could use the saying ‘don’t cast your pearls before pigs.’ Morpurgo takes Joey and Albert, who would metaphorically be the pearls, and tosses them in the pig pen of WWII. This is how the author develops the theme and he does it for the readers to learn and be empathetic. The book has an entertaining story that also develops a solid theme about the human and our behavior itself through the work of using an extraordinary point of view of a pearl in a pig