The Georges And The Jewels: A Literary Analysis

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Sometimes, the point of view of different people can differ, although the issue is the same. In the excerpt from the novel “The Georges and the Jewels” by Jane Smiley, and an excerpt from the novel “Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse” by Anna Sewell, the point of view are from two different species. The authors develop first person point of view in different ways. The characters are very different in both texts, therefore their thoughts also differ. This is especially true regarding the topic of breaking in, when the two characters are a horse and a person. The authors develop first person point of view in different ways. In “The Georges and the Jewels” it says, “Let’s say he started bucking and you did all the things you knew to do, like pull his head up from between his knees and make him go forward, then use a pulley …show more content…
In “Black Beauty: The Autobiography of a Horse”, it says, “He must never start at what he sees, nor speak to other horses, nor bite, nor kick, nor have any will of his own; but always do his master's will, even though he may be very tired or hungry; but the worst of all is, when his harness is once on, he may neither jump for joy not lie down for weariness. So you see this breaking in is a great thing.” This quote shows the main character of this excerpt, a horse, thoughts. You can tell that the main character has very different thoughts than a regular human. A girl, like in “The Georges and the Jewels” sees breaking in as a regular necessity; she doesn’t see the trouble the horse has to go through in order to do as she asks. The reader can understand the girl’s point of view as another human because people don’t really pay attention to the horse’s feelings. They see horses just as how we see cars today, and if a horse does not obey properly, they would release them just as how people would get rid of their broken cars. Most horses are obedient but their
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