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The Yearling (Aladdin Classics)

by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

Published: 2001-09-01
Paperback : 528 pages

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Introduction

No novel better epitomizes the love between a child and a pet than The Yearling. Young Jody adopts an orphaned fawn he calls Flag and makes it a part of his family and his best friend. But life in the Florida backwoods is harsh, and so, as his family fights off wolves, bears, and even alligators, and faces failure in their tenuous subsistence farming, Jody must finally part with his dear animal friend. There has been a film and even a musical based on this moving story, a fine work of great American literature.

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The novel both starts and ends with Jody building a flutter-mill. In the beginning he things it "might run forever" Is this the delusion of the young? Does forever mean the same thing when you grow up? What changes at the end? Why is the magic gone?

In Chapter Two, Penny muses on Jody's boyish nature, specifically how he is in awe of everything around him. Discuss whether children today show these qualities without the simplicity of Jody's world.

[Spoiler Alert] In Chapter 33, Jody thinks that is not Flag's death that bothers him the most, but his father's betrayal. Why do you think this is what stings the most? Does Penny have any fault in this? Does Jody?

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"A Classic that's Beautiful and Sad, but Takes a Lot of Patience"by Nicole A. (see profile) 05/07/12

I picked The Yearling for my book club because it was spring and I wanted something that had a spring-like feel to it. The Yearling definitely fits that description. It is a wonderful novel in many ways,... (read more)

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