Reading Response

In the book Black Beauty by Anna Sewell  the story is narrated by a horse named black beauty. He is constantly moving from home to home because he is a horse. He has lived in horrible places and wonderful places. He never loses hope and always tries his best. He prefers people who are gently towards him and know how to ride a horse.

A common issue throughout the book are the relationships. The book is about horses and they have a hard time trusting humans because they are scared of them. A horse named Ginger was raised in a bad home. She was ill used and therefore she does not trust humans. Since she was ill used she would bite and kick people because she did not trust them. Eventually she grows better because she is treated nicely and better when she goes to a new home. What this means that the only way for a relationship to grow and develop is to show that you care for the person/animal. You have to earn that persons trust. Also many horses in the book do not trust humans because of this. Since they were ill used and not congratulated they lose trust and the only way for them to regain it is if they are treated nicely by other humans.

This can connect to the real world in a lot of ways. If you get into a fight with your friend your friendship will be broken. The only way to fix it is if you work together and be nice to each other. If you don’t they will not be friends with you because they don’t trust you. Also if you are a mean friend people wont trust you because you are not nice to them. If you talk nice to them and care for them they will gain you trust. In other words the only way to start or regain a friendship is to be nice to each other.