Plot

PLOT

1.      Exposition

Black beauty narrates about his early life at the meadow.

·         His first home was with Farmer Gray and he lived there with his mother, Duchess.

·         His mother taught him to behave and be kind to his master so, his master would treat him nice.

2.      Rising action

Black beauty begins his carefree days as a colt on English farm (Birtwick Park)

·        He became good friend with Marrylegs and Ginger and be taken care by John (Squire Gordon’s coachman)

·        James saved him during the flames at the stable.

·        One night, John rode him to town to get the doctor. He saves the mistress life with his help. But his master move and he been sold to another farm.

3.      Climax

Black beauty suffered a hard life at Earlshall Park

·         He had to wear checkrein which is a very painful experienced.

·         One strange day, Smith rode him to the town. On the way back, he stumbled and felt. Smith was dead and he had knee injuries. After the knee heals he was sold again.

4.      Falling action

Black beauty still faces difficult life but he was well taken care of.

·         He learned to pull cabs in London.

·         He met with Ginger who was been mistreated.

5.      Resolution

Black Beauty had happy retirement in the country.

Character

CHARACTER

Horses

      Black Beauty:  The main character of the story, a handsome black horse. His first home is Farmer Grey. But then, he begins his career as a carriage horse for wealthy people but when he "breaks his knees" (i.e. develops scars on his "knees"--anatomically, wrists—after a bad fall) he is no longer considered presentable enough and is put too much harder work. He passes through the hands of a series of owners. Some of them are cruel and some are kind. He always tries his best to serve humans despite the circumstance.

      Duchess—Beauty's mother, who encourages Beauty to be good from a young age.

      Ginger—Named for her chestnut colour and her habit of biting, which is often how the spice, ginger, is described. Ginger is a more aggressive horse due to her traumatic upbringing.

      Merrylegs—A short, white and handsome pony who is polite to humans and horses alike. He is ridden by the young daughters at Birtwick Park. Then, later on sent to live with the three ladies.

      Max—Black Beauty’s new partner at Earlshall Park.

      Captain—A former army horse who witnessed horrific incidents in the Crimean War, although he was well treated and received no wounds. He lost his beloved master in the Charge of the Light Brigade. He became a cab horse for Jerry, where he works with Black Beauty.

People

      Farmer Grey—Beauty's first owner, a good kind man who trains him well.

      Jerry- A cabbie, who owns Black Beauty

      Mr. Douglas Gordon (Squire Gordon)-A very kind and loving master who was also the squire.

      Joe Green- A stable boy.

      Mr. Jeremiah Barker—A kind owner who uses Beauty as a cab horse. Owns Captain and Hotspur.

      The three ladies—His final home was where he spent the rest of his days very well treated.

Setting

Setting

Setting of The Black Beauty

Time Setting:

In the Mid-1800: there is no transport invented yet and people use horses as their transportation. Horse was used to pull their cab and delivered their goods.

Place setting:

1)   Meadow(Chapter 1): Black Beauty’s early home. He lives with her mother and they were owned by Farmer Grey.

2)   Meadow(Chapter) : Black Beauty’s final home. The place where he met Joe, the stable boy from the squire Gordon.

3)   Birthwick Park: Black Beauty was owned by squire goldon. He made friends with merrylegs and ginger.

4)   Earshall Park: the most tragical moment happened when black beauty forced to wear a checkrein.

5)   A London Cab Horse: black beauty pulled a cab for jerry. He met a new friend Captain and he met ginger, his old friend.

People/background setting:

1)      British/English: all of the events occurred around London. So all of the characters were English in Victorian ages.