The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse
By
William Saroyan
EXPOSITORY WRITING
Do you think Mourad is "crazy"?
Mourad= CRAZY!
|
Mourad= NOT CRAZY!
|
VOCABULARY
Consequently: The term consequently can be defined as, as a result, as used in the sentence " Consequently, even though I could see the horse, so magnificent; even though I could smell it, so lovely; even though I could hear it breathing, so exciting; I couldn't believe the horse had anything to do with my cousin Mourad or with me or with any of the other members of our family, asleep or awake, because I knew my cousin Mourad couldn't have bought the horse, and if he couldn't have bought it he must have stolen it, and I refused to believe he had stolen it." (pg. 2)
Pious: The term pious can be defined as, holy, as used in the sentence "There was a pious stillness and humor in each of them which on the one hand delighted and on the other frightened me." (p. 3)
Irritable: The term irritable can be defined as, annoyed, as used in the sentence "Before him was our uncle Khosrove, an enormous man with a powerful head of black hair and the largest mustache in the San Joaquin Valley, a man so furious in temper, so irritable, so impatient that he stopped anyone from talking by roaring, It is no harm; pay no attention to it." (p. 4)
Capricious: The term capricious can be defined as, random, as used in the sentence "The distribution of the various kinds of spirit of our tribe had been from the beginning capricious and vagrant." (p. 4)
Vagrant: The term vagrant can be defined as, careless, as used in the the sentence "The distribution of the various kinds of spirit of our tribe had been from the beginning capricious and vagrant." (p. 4)
Pious: The term pious can be defined as, holy, as used in the sentence "There was a pious stillness and humor in each of them which on the one hand delighted and on the other frightened me." (p. 3)
Irritable: The term irritable can be defined as, annoyed, as used in the sentence "Before him was our uncle Khosrove, an enormous man with a powerful head of black hair and the largest mustache in the San Joaquin Valley, a man so furious in temper, so irritable, so impatient that he stopped anyone from talking by roaring, It is no harm; pay no attention to it." (p. 4)
Capricious: The term capricious can be defined as, random, as used in the sentence "The distribution of the various kinds of spirit of our tribe had been from the beginning capricious and vagrant." (p. 4)
Vagrant: The term vagrant can be defined as, careless, as used in the the sentence "The distribution of the various kinds of spirit of our tribe had been from the beginning capricious and vagrant." (p. 4)
REFLECTION
What is moral?
Some morals that have been passed down in my family that can relate to the story are: "Don't steal!" "Never lie!" These two quotes are morals of this story because in the book, Mourad, the cousin of Amar stole a horse. Mourad also lied to his cousin about how long he had the horse. "Mourad, I said, where did you steal the horse. Leap out of the window, he hair, if you want to ride. It was true, then. He had stolen the horse. There was no question about it." (p. 3)