![]() His Papa does not have enough money for them, and his Mama says Billy is too young to be hunting with dogs and a rifle. Ten-year-old Billy badly wants two coon hounds. Baking Powder can stirs up intrigue as to what its function was. The two cups have something to do with his two dogs, and the K. Great love and devotion, Billy implies, make violence and death that much sadder.īilly also foreshadows his childhood memories. Although we do not see an actual death here, the initial scene of violence foreshadows it. It has been traveling for ages and will keep traveling until it reaches its destination, presumably to return to its owner. The hound, too, is devoted and determined. Billy gladly endangers himself while scaring off the attacking dogs, and warmly welcomes the hound into his house. The dog's owner, most likely a small boy, evidently loves the hound, too. He has a soft spot in his heart for the redbone hound here, crying when it leaves him. Taking them in order, we immediately see evidence of the effect love has had on Billy. He examines two beautiful cups, one large and one small, and thinks about his childhood.īilly outlines the major themes of the novel when he speaks of "Memories of a wonderful love, unselfish devotion, and death in its saddest form." Each of the themes feeds into the next. He leaves his gate open in case the hound returns, then builds a fire inside. It stirs up memories of Billy's childhood, his two red hounds, love, devotion, and death. Billy wonders what displaced the hound from the country, but knows the hound will not give up on its way to its destination. ![]() The next night, Billy tearfully lets him go on his way. Billy takes him home, feeds him and bathes him. It is starving, has apparently traveled a great distance, and wears a leather collar with the name "Buddie" childishly scratched in it. Billy scares off the other dogs and calms down the dog. Billy is shaken he remembers a time when an old hound such as this one had sacrificed its life for him. But the hound is defiant and fends off several attackers. He sees several dogs fighting one dog, an old redbone hound. The narrator, Billy Colman, comes home from work feeling very good.
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