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    This is going to be about where the red fern grows. It is based off of a boy buying dogs and training them for them to hunt for raccoon. I'm going to be naming the similarities and difference about the movie and the book.there is one about the book. And there is one about the movie i'll be naming. Let's start. The book was made in 1960. It starts out when he was walking out of his job. As he was walking he seen two dogs fighting. And it reminded him when he had two dogs when he was little.…

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    Hour. Subsequently, each of these readings presented different traits that makes the South unique. Over the course of the semester, one of my favorite discussions was about family and gender in the South. For this discussion, I watched Where the Red Fern Grows. This movie exemplified how close knit many families in the South are. In addition, this movie demonstrated how many families lived paycheck to paycheck. In the movie, Billy had always wanted a set of coon dogs, however, his family never…

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    The Red Fern Every countryside has its own famous legend. In the Ozark mountains, the legend was of the red fern. Legend has it, that the red fern was found between two Native American children’s frozen bodies. It can only be planted by an angel and is immortal. This special plant is considered a miracle and a gift from the heavens. However, it was seen by a boy named Billy in the late 1900s. In Wilson Rawls’ realistic fiction, Where the Red Fern Grows, the red fern is presented as a symbol…

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    will open his eyes to the beautiful metaphor that is your relationship because, like the fern, your relationship needs tender love and care. If your relationship is not properly cared for, it will die, like your fern. As you give it to him, you’ll want to be sure that you really emphasize how important the strength of your love is to give him a thorough understanding of just how important it is to keep that fern thriving. The last step, possibly the most important step that will really push…

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    My first memory of reading Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls is sitting in my eighth-grade classroom as my teacher was telling the story while crying, along with myself and many of my classmates. Where the Red Fern Grows is a story about a ten-year-old boy, Billy Colman, and his adventure with his two dogs, Old Dan and Little Ann. Billy works hard, with the help of his grandfather, to purchase his beloved dogs. Throughout the book, Billy and his dogs face many obstacles including…

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    There is no love quite like the love between a boy and his dog. A special type of love that shows a young boy what true love can feel like. The classic novel, Where The Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls, tells the story of a love between a young boy and his two dogs. A young boy named Billy Coleman lives in the Ozark Mountains with his family. At a young age, Billy developed an awful “disease” as he called it. What is the “disease” of puppy love? He longed to be able to have not just one, but two…

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    The Themes of Where the Red Fern Grows Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls pulls on heartstrings while giving the thrilling feeling of adventure. Needless to say, it is an amazing book. The plot consists of a boy named Billy who grew up poor and saved for two years to buy a pair of coonhounds. After finally getting his hounds he hunts constantly and his dogs become so skilled and so close to him that they win a hunting contest. After a brutal fight with a mountain lion, both dogs are…

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    If it came down to it would you put your family’s needs before your own. In the book “Where The Red Fern Grows” Billy was faced with this exact circumstance. Billy should have bought the mule for his family instead of the hounds for three reasons. His family needed a mule more than dogs, A mule was free labor, and the mule helped their family. The first reason Billy should have bought the mule for his family instead of the hounds is that Billy’s family needed a mule more than dogs. They…

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    I read your book Where The Red Fern Grows in sixth grade. I liked it a lot. The character that you made Billy as is very much like me. We both enjoy adventures. We also like animals. Billy’s grandfather reminds me of my grandfather. He is very supportive and likes cool things. I don’t have dogs but I really want one. Your book is very inspiring. Your book really was inspiring because it shows the love between Billy and his dogs. The way that Billy cares for the dogs. The way the dogs care for…

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    Franny Fern uses her writing to comment on the identity of women. She uses satirical writing to point out the absurdity between men, women, money, work, and society. Her piece, “Advice to Ladies” demonstrates the typical American girl, obsessed with shopping and men. Fern attempted to make women realize the need and importance of women’s rights and independence. “O girls! set your affections on cats…” (1049) is one example of Fern’s satirical comparison between husbands and cats. Ferns makes a…

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