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It's a book commonly used in UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia, and was adapted into film in 1949 (with Creator/RobertMitchum and Creator/MyrnaLoy) and 1973 (with Creator/HenryFonda and Creator/MaureenOHara).

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It's a book commonly used in UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia, MediaNotes/SchoolStudyMedia, and was adapted into film in 1949 (with Creator/RobertMitchum and Creator/MyrnaLoy) and 1973 (with Creator/HenryFonda and Creator/MaureenOHara).



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%%* ABoyAndHisX* ABoyAndHisX: As the title suggests, the novella is about a boy and his pony.



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%%* DeathByNewberyMedal* DeathByNewberyMedal: "The Gift" deals with the Jody's pony Gabilan, who dies of strangles.
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* PummelingTheCorpse: Jody is so upset after seeing a buzzard eat his dead pony that he beats the buzzard to death and then continues to beat the corpse, until his father stops him.
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It's a book commonly used in SchoolStudyMedia, and was adapted into film in 1949 (with Creator/RobertMitchum and Creator/MyrnaLoy) and 1973 (with Creator/HenryFonda and Creator/MaureenOHara).

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It's a book commonly used in SchoolStudyMedia, UsefulNotes/SchoolStudyMedia, and was adapted into film in 1949 (with Creator/RobertMitchum and Creator/MyrnaLoy) and 1973 (with Creator/HenryFonda and Creator/MaureenOHara).
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It's a book commonly used in SchoolStudyMedia, and was adapted into film in 1949 (with Robert Mitchum and Myrna Loy) and 1973 (with Creator/HenryFonda and Creator/MaureenOHara).

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It's a book commonly used in SchoolStudyMedia, and was adapted into film in 1949 (with Robert Mitchum Creator/RobertMitchum and Myrna Loy) Creator/MyrnaLoy) and 1973 (with Creator/HenryFonda and Creator/MaureenOHara).Creator/MaureenOHara).

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* BerserkButton: Jody shows the buzzard no mercy after he sees it eating his dead pony.
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* UnstoppableRage: Jody shows the buzzard no mercy after he sees it eating his dead pony.

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The book has four main episodes. In the chapter, The Gift, Jody recieves the eponymous red pony. Secondly in The Great Mountains he meets an old Mexican named Gitano, who buries the old horse Easter in the mysterious mountains. In The Promise, Jody meets the man who births his mare's colt by way of the Caesarian section that kills her. Lastly in The Leader Of The People, Jody's old grandfather visits and tells of how he misses being the leader of his old group on the Oregon Trail, while Jody comforts him.

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The book has four main episodes. In the chapter, The Gift, "The Gift", Jody recieves receives the eponymous red pony. Secondly in The "The Great Mountains Mountains" he meets an old Mexican named Gitano, who buries the old horse Easter in the mysterious mountains. In The Promise, "The Promise", Jody meets the man who births his mare's colt by way of the Caesarian section that kills her. Lastly in The "The Leader Of The People, People", Jody's old grandfather visits and tells of how he misses being the leader of his old group on the Oregon Trail, while Jody comforts him.
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* BerserkButton: Jody shows the buzzard no mercy after he sees it eating his dead pony.
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* TheFilmOfTheBook: Starring Robert Mitchum, and featuring a score by none other than Music/AaronCopland.

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* TheFilmOfTheBook: Starring Robert Mitchum, Creator/RobertMitchum, and featuring a score by none other than Music/AaronCopland.
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* TheFilmOfTheBookTheFilmOfTheBook: Starring Robert Mitchum, and featuring a score by none other than Music/AaronCopland.
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* TearJerker: It's a John Steinbeck novel, it's constitutionally required to make readers blubber.
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It's a book commonly used in SchoolStudyMedia, and was adapted into film in 1949 (with Robert Mitchum and Myrna Loy) and 1973 (with Henry Fonda and [[MaureenOHara Maureen O'Hara]]).

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It's a book commonly used in SchoolStudyMedia, and was adapted into film in 1949 (with Robert Mitchum and Myrna Loy) and 1973 (with Henry Fonda Creator/HenryFonda and [[MaureenOHara Maureen O'Hara]]).Creator/MaureenOHara).
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The book has four main episodes. In the chapter, The Gift, Jody recieves the eponymous red pony. Secondly in The Great Mountains he meets an old Mexican named Gitano, who buries the old horse Easter in the mysterious mountains. In The Promise, Jody meets the man who births his mare's colt by way of the Caesarian section that kills her. Lastly in The Leader Of The People, Jody's old grandfather visits and tells of how he misses being the leader of his old group on the OregonTrail, while Jody comforts him.

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The book has four main episodes. In the chapter, The Gift, Jody recieves the eponymous red pony. Secondly in The Great Mountains he meets an old Mexican named Gitano, who buries the old horse Easter in the mysterious mountains. In The Promise, Jody meets the man who births his mare's colt by way of the Caesarian section that kills her. Lastly in The Leader Of The People, Jody's old grandfather visits and tells of how he misses being the leader of his old group on the OregonTrail, Oregon Trail, while Jody comforts him.
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''The Red Pony'' is a novella written by Creator/JohnSteinbeck about a boy named Jody Tiflin and the life he lives on his father's ranch. The novella was at first published in magazines between 1933 and 1936. It was collected in book form and expanded in 1937.

The book has four main episodes. In the chapter, The Gift, Jody recieves the eponymous red pony. Secondly in The Great Mountains he meets an old Mexican named Gitano, who buries the old horse Easter in the mysterious mountains. In The Promise, Jody meets the man who births his mare's colt by way of the Caesarian section that kills her. Lastly in The Leader Of The People, Jody's old grandfather visits and tells of how he misses being the leader of his old group on the OregonTrail, while Jody comforts him.

It's a book commonly used in SchoolStudyMedia, and was adapted into film in 1949 (with Robert Mitchum and Myrna Loy) and 1973 (with Henry Fonda and [[MaureenOHara Maureen O'Hara]]).
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!!!Tropes used by the book:
* BirthDeathJuxtaposition
* [[ABoyAndHisX A Boy And His Horse]]
* ComingOfAgeStory
* DeathByChildbirth
* DeathByNewberyMedal
* TheFilmOfTheBook
* MercyKill: This also happens with Gitano, who has to be the one to kill the old horse Easter.
* NoEnding: The book comes to an abrupt halt. Jody feels sorry for his grandfather and offers to make him some lemonade.
* TearJerker: It's a John Steinbeck novel, it's constitutionally required to make readers blubber.
* ARealManIsAKiller: The situation where Jody beats a buzzard to death teaches him a lesson in this.
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