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Laddar... Irish Red (1951)av Jim Kjelgaard
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Gå med i LibraryThing för att få reda på om du skulle tycka om den här boken. Det finns inga diskussioner på LibraryThing om den här boken. Cute. The characterization is good, the story is fun if a little predictable, but overall it somehow doesn't ring true. Mike's turnaround is just that bit too fast - the snowstorm is convenient, but he's started to switch even before that. Maybe it's just that with all these new experiences, he only develops good habits and adopts exactly the actions his humans want him to? I'm really not sure why, but this one just reads too light and sweet for me. Despite all the desperate dangers they variously encounter. Fun, and I'll probably read it again - but it's never going to be a favorite, just eye candy. This remains my favorite of the 'Red' books. Mike, son of 'Big Red', is a runt, and considered a "muttonhead" and worthless. Mike's problem is that he thinks very highly of himself and isn't interested in obeying unless he feels like it. How Mike begins to grow up and redeem himself in everyone's eyes makes for a very entertaining and enjoyable read, for adults and young people as well. From vintage scholastic cover: "He's worthless," snaps trainer Joe. "I'd shoot him." But Danny has seen the clumsy red pup do things only a hunting dog can do. He's certain he can train Mike to be a champion. All it will take is patience and gentleness. Joe doesn't agree. And the day comes when he wants to take a whip to Danny's dog! inga recensioner | lägg till en recension
Called runt, misfit, and troublemaker, Big Red's son Mike escapes from a training kennel to join the two men he loves in their forest retreat and proves he has the intelligence and skill expected of the offspring of a famous Irish setter. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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The focus of the story is actually Mike, one of the Irish setter puppies. He's the runt, and appears to have the least promise, being headstrong and reckless. Runs around causing trouble, only listens to commands when he wants to. The new men don't see him as worth working with, so he's left alone. But when they show their training methods to Danny and Ross, another of the young Irish setters is beaten with a leash and father and son are furious. They believe the dogs should work for a man out of love and loyalty, not fear of punishment. They quit on the spot and move to a cabin further up the mountain with only one dog, Red. The puppy Mike escapes the kennels and goes to the original cabin, but nobody's there. He hangs around for several days and then starts roaming the woods, pointing game birds by instinct but unable to catch any. Eventually he comes across Danny's trail and finds the men at the distant cabin.
The climax of the story comes when Danny takes Mike along on a day trip to check a new area for game animals. A storm comes up and they have to survive overnight in unexpected snowfall when Danny is injured by a falling tree branch. At one point a cougar stalks them, hoping to catch and kill the dog, but Mike keeps it at bay. (Danny never finds out what the dog was barking at). The whole experience has a profound experience on the young dog, who starts paying more attention to humans, realizing they can work together for mutual benefit. In the end, Mike participates in another trial against an English setter (the rich man wanting to give them another chance) and proves himself- his knowledge gained in the forest and his independent thinking show up the other dog with its more rigid training. Really a lot of this story is about character, especially that of the dogs, how the men saw something promising in Mike but waited for him to mature instead of forcing him into obedience when he was young and wild. Some parts of the story are told from the dog's viewpoint, and those were my favorite sections to read.
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