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Summaries. A ranch boy is gifted with a colt, grows to love him but the colt escapes, with tragic results. In the coast range mountains on the western edge of the Salinas Valley is a ranch where Tom, a lad of about ten, longs for a pony.
Jody tells of his dreams to become a leader, but is told that the days of exploration are over. The Red Pony is a unique story about a child with a very moving childhood. A read not for the light of heart, since some parts can be very emotional and meaningful.
- Jody. The protagonist of The Red Pony, Jody, is a ten-year-old boy, son of Carl and Ruth Tiflin, whose head is adorned with "hair like dusty yellow grass" (145).
- Carl Tiflin. Ranch owner, business man, westerner, and family man, Carl Tiflin is "Jody's tall stern father" (146). As the powerful and masculine head of the ranch, Carl Tiflin shows very few moments of compassion and is disconnected from his son's true feelings.
- Ruth Tiflin. Mother to Jody and wife to Carl, Ruth is Steinbeck's balance for sensitivity and affection in Jody's life. In the beginning of the novel, Ruth is both understanding and comforting, sometimes protecting Jody from his father's insensitivity.
- Billy Buck. Billy Buck is the first character introduced in The Red Pony. Steinbeck describes this middle-aged ranch hand as a "broad, bandy-legged little man with a walrus mustache, with square hands, puffed and muscled on the palms" (145).
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. One of themost acclaimed films to emerge from Republic studios, The Red Pony is an adaptation of the John Steinbeck story of the same name. Top billing goes to Myrna Loy and Robert Mitchum, but the film's true star is young Peter Miles as Tom.
Overview of The Red Pony: A Story of Love between a Boy and his Horse that Transcends Species. A publicity still from the movie of The Red Pony (1949), featuring Peter Miles (Tom, aka Jody Tiflin).
In the Salinas Valley of California, young Tom Tiflin (Peter Miles) lives on his family's ranch with his parents, Fred (Shepperd Strudwick) and Alice (Myrna Loy), who are constantly at odds, and...
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The Red Pony. Fiction | Novella | YA | Published in 1933. A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more. Download PDF.
