Where The Red Corn Grows Theme Essay

Novel Theme Essay “If you want something you’ve never had, then you’ve got to do something you’ve never done.” When the author said this, what they really meant was that if you want something, you have to do something that you haven't ever tried to do before. A theme that has held strongly throughout the whole book so far is that you need to work hard for what you want. There were multiple times in the book where Billy got knocked down from going for what he wants but he got back up every time. In the first section of the book, Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, Billy had saved $50 ,to get his hounds, all by himself. He had worked for 2 years selling fruits and bait to the fisherman. Once Billy had earned all of the $50 he set …show more content…
Billy starts to call for help. Once he realizes nobody is there he steps up to the plate and does what he has to do, which is to pull Little Ann out. Billy repairs her like a mechanic would, keeps her warm by setting up a fire, and recirculating her blood. Old Dan stands by like a guard as Billy cleans Little Ann up. If Billy didn’t have his hard working mind, he would've only had 1 hound to call mine. In the third part of the book Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls when Billy was in his grandpa’s store the Pritchard boys came into the store and bet Billy that he couldn't tree the ghost coon the they coon never catch. Soon later Billy proved those Pritchard boys wrong. Billy, Old Dan, and Little Ann treed the ghost coon. From there on, the Pritchard boys thought differently of Billy and his hounds. If Billy didn't have his hardworking mind, spirit, or body he would have never been able to tree the ghost coon and the mean Pritchard boys would’ve never learned a lesson from