Black-Beauty-(1)

1、Anna sewellContents The Author and the BackgroundThe Author and the Background Plot introductionPlot introduction Sequence of thoughtSequence of thought Main characterMain character Writing skillWriting skill feelings feelings Anna Sewell was born England and at the age of 14, Anna fell while walkin

2、g home from school in the rain and injured both ankles. Through mistreatment of the injury, she became unable to walk or stand for long for the rest of her life. Anna Sewell began learning about horses early in life, Her dependence on horse-drawn transportation fostered her respect of horses. Her on

3、ly book was Black Beauty, written between 1871 and 1877. Sewell died of hepatitis in1878, only 5 months after the novels publication, but she lived long enough to see initial success. The story is narrated in the first person as an autobiographical memoir told by a horse named Black Beautybeginning

4、with his carefree days as a colt on an English farm, to his difficult life pulling cabs in London, to his happy retirement in the country. Along the way, he meets with many hardships and recounts many tales of cruelty and kindness. Each short chapter recounts an incident in Black Beautys life contai

5、ning a lesson or moral typically related to the kindness, sympathy, and understanding treatment of horses, with Sewells detailed observations and extensive descriptions of horse behavior lending the novel a good deal of real.Sequence of thoughtSequence of thoughtHe experienced joys and sorrows of li

6、feBorn in a rich familyWas soldBecame a horse for riding by a friendly neighborWas soldTo a count and got turtured .After that he was bought by a car manMet a good family and reated in peaceSewell formed the novel with three kinds of characters: Black Beauty, Ginger and other farm animals. Through t

7、heir different experiences, I saw similarly painful lives led by the animals. This method made the earnest appeal for animal rights become more and more persuasive. In order to call peoples attention to horses hard life, Sewell tells the story through the first-person narrative voice of a horse. This innovative personification of an animal made the book a real success. Readers heard the stories straight from the horses mouth, literally, as a