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Reading Reflection on Where The Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls
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Where The Red Fern Grows
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After reading “Where the Red Fern Grows” I thought it was an amazing book. The
place where the book took place was in the rugged Ozark mountains in a beautiful
valley. That is where he lived in the book. Also, the story has a plentiful amount of
scenes in the woods when he is hunting.
The main characters in the story are Billy Coleman, Little Ann, Old Dan, Grandpa, and
his parents play a large role in the book as well. The main problem in the story that I
think is that Billy wants a pair of Coon Hounds to go hunting with. His parents don’t
have the money to do that so he has to spend a substantial amount of time-saving
up money from the fishermen that he sells things to. Then once he has the money he
has to go on a large treck to get to where he is getting his hounds. There are also
some mini-conflicts inside of that. Like when he is so devastated when he finds out
how much those dogs are and he stops eating and doesn’t sleep well. He then
concludes that problem by saving hard earned money and putting that towards the
Coon Hounds.
The Climax of the story is when Billy and his dogs are out hunting one night and they
encounter a Mountain Lion. His dogs put up a whopping fight against the lion. They
do end up killing the lion but not before Old Dan is severely hurt and Little Ann is hurt
too but not as bad as Old Dan. Then Old Dan ends up dead of his wounds. Then
because of the bond between the dogs, Little Ann dies of starvation and depression.
That is pretty much the climax.
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Looking at Billy in the story you can see some big character traits such as his
compassionate, loving attitude that he puts towards his dogs. He is also a very
determined kid. Some reasonings that prove he is loving and compassionate
towards is when on page 226 Billy says, ‘There in the flinty hills of the Ozarks, I fought
for the lives of my dogs. I fought with the only weapon I had, the sharp cutting blade
of a double-bitted ax.’ As I said before he is a determined kid. Some text evidence
that shows he is strong is on page 77 he says ‘it would take days to chop down’ but
then after the days, he ended up chopping it down. That to me shows that he is a
very determined kid.
For me, this book was one of my favorites. I thought it was full of very strong
emotional parts, but also lots of humorous parts as well. I liked how the book showed
a close and realistic bond between Billy and the dogs. I also liked that you could
picture almost every moment in the book in your mind. That to me keeps me
interested in the story. The book also made me think about things more closely.
There wasn’t much not to like about the book. Some people might say the ending is
too sad but other than that the book was great.
Works Cited
Rawls, W. (1961). Where the Red Fern Grows. New York: Doubleday.
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Grows'. Children's Literature in Education, 35(3), 245-257.
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Huey, D. (2010). 'Close reading and textual ambiguity in Wilson Rawls's Where the
Red Fern Grows'. Children's Literature in Education, 41(3), 218-229.
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Lubin, A. (2009). 'Transformation and redemption in Where the Red Fern Grows'.
In G. Pasternack & R. L. Cope (Eds.), Children’s Literature Association Quarterly
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Behrens, H. L. (2006). 'The Storied World of Where the Red Fern Grows: An Analysis
of Context and Influence'. Children's Literature Association Quarterly, 31(3), 232-
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Perry, D. (2001). 'More than Man's Best Friend: Reading Between the Lines in Wilson
Rawls' Where the Red Fern Grows'. Children's Literature in Education, 32(2), 83-92.
doi:10.1023/a:1008138624993
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Eeds, R. (2008). 'Violence and Compassion in Wilson Rawls' Where the Red Fern
Grows'. Children's Literature Association Quarterly, 33(2), 156-169.
doi:10.1353/chq.0.0025
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Rawls, W. (1996). Summer of the Monkeys. New York: Yearling.
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Schmeling, M. A. (2006). 'Where the Red Fern Grows'. In Children's Books and Their
Creators (pp. 558-560). Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
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Freitas, S. (2009). 'The Character Education Potential of a Contemporary Dog
Story'. In J. Nagel, S. Bland, & J. McNamara (Eds.), Toward a Literary Ecology (pp.
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