Blog Post on Black Beauty

I am almost done with Black Beauty and it is the story of a horse named Black Beauty, and the series of owners he goes through and life experiences. I personally loved Black Beauty and I feel that it was a very well-written book.
Black Beauty the horse was a very interesting character.  He was always willing and ready to please, and had the same personality of a human. All the horses could talk to each other and they were like humans in that respect, they had feelings and wants and needs, and I think Anna Sewell ( the author) wanted us to realize we are not so different from the animals around us. A very kind lady quotes this in the book and it reminds when we studied how the author puts his or her voice into the book. I think Anna Sewell put her own opinions and thoughts into the mouths of the character and that is how she carries her ideas across. Like I was saying the quote is, "just because horses can't express themselves the way we can, that does not make them dumb, they still feel pain as much as we do." This quote and many others sound like something the author would see, and it helps carry across the idea that animals should be treated equally.
Black beauty goes to a lot of different homes where he is treated very bad. This makes me think of the time period (late 1800s) where there was almost no animal rights, and people could treat there animals in most anyway they wanted. Black Beauty does go to some good homes though, where people are mindful of how they treat their animals. I think this is one of the reasons people still read this book today, there are many sad moments in the book that show how cruel people were. Black Beauty's friends Ginger, gets sold as a cab horse and tells Black Beauty later in in the book, "I wish I would fall down at my work and die rather than continue living." This quote makes me very sad and it reminds me of other books when characters say similar things, and I notice that is doesn't sound weird that it comes from the mouth of a horse rather than a human.
In all, I really like this book and I am excited for the ending. I hope that Black Beauty does eventually go to a good home, because he deserves one. When someone has been so good and kind and patient their whole life, they deserve to have a good peaceful end to their life, and Black Beauty definitely deserves one.