The Red Pony Literary Elements

The Red Pony Literary Elements

Genre

Teen fiction.

Setting and Context

California during the 20th century

Narrator and Point of View

Third-person narrator

Tone and Mood

Educational and exploratory

Protagonist and Antagonist

Jody - protagonist. Carl Tifflin - antagonist.

Major Conflict

Jody’s insight about the actualities of life, such as injury, doubts, providence, and transience

Climax

Jody’s encounter with Gabilan’s carcass

Foreshadowing

The rains in “The gift” are a foreshadow of the horse’s passing.

Understatement

Carl Tiflin minimizes the helpfulness of Gitano in “The Great Mountains.”

Allusions

Allusions to psychology (Jody’s dreams)

Imagery

The mortality of horses is a major hitch in the ranching trade. Jody is adversely affected after the forfeiture of his cherished ponies.

Paradox

N/A

Parallelism

N/A

Metonymy and Synecdoche

"Pony" denotes a horse.

Personification

The horses are personified: they are named, and they hold dialogues like human beings.

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