BlackBeautywasborninakindfarmer’sstable.Hehadapureblood-relation,andwasblackallover,withtheonlyexceptionofhisrightfootandasmallmarkonhisforeheadintheshapeofthestar.Afterastrictbutnotcrueltraining,hewassoldtoarichman.Heshowedallofhisnoblecharacters:loyalty,bravery,wittiness,perseverance,kindness,andsoon.Thatperiodwasthehappiesttimeinhislife:gettinggoodcares,drawinghismaster’sentireattention,andmakingmanyfriends.Butsoon,BlackBeautybeganhismiserablelife;HewassoldtoanotherownerEarlshall,theruthlesshostesswhoinsistedthatthehorsesinherhousemustwearbearing-reins,becauseshethoughtthereinscanhelpthemhaveimposingmanners.GingeronefriendofBlackBeauty,couldn’ttoleratethetormentanymore,andbegantoresist.Unfortunately,shegotseverepunishment.ButBlackBeautyjusttriedhardtoenduretheunfairtreatmentdayafterday,becausehewasalwaysinthehopethatthesituationwillbecomebetterinsomeday.However,thingswerenotassimpleashethought.Atlast,BlackBeauty’skneesgotwoundedbecauseofafoolishstableman.Helookedsouglythathewassoldagain.Later,fortunately,hemetacabdriverwhowassokindtohim.Althoughhisworkwaslaboriousatthattime,hestillfeltveryhappy.BlackBeautywasthensoldtoabakerafterthecabdriverchangedovertoanotherjob.Andfromthenon,healwayshadtodooverloadedwork.ThisstillwasalittlebetterforBlackBeauty,becauseafterashorttime,hewasresoldtoanothercabownerwhowasveryhardandunfriendly.HepreferredtouseawhipwithametalendtolashBlackBeautyandoncetheowneralmostexhaustedhim,whichmadehimborderingondeath.Nomatterhowterribletheconditionwas,BlackBeautyalwaysborethemiserysilencebyhimself,becausehealwaysbelievedthatlifewouldbecomebetterinsomeday.Andatlast,hishopebecametrue.Hemetthestablemanwhohadtakencareofhimwhenhewasapony,andbeganhishappylifewiththiskindman.Mostofhisfriendshaddiedforperiods.Hesurvivedatlast.Alltheseshouldbeduetohisdeterminedbeliefandperseverance.TheBlackBeauty’sstoryandhispersonnelexperiencetellourhumansthatwhatthesignificanceofperseveranceandhopeis.

TheauthorofthisbooknamedAnnaSewell,shewasacrippledgirlwhohadastrongpassionforhorses,BlackBeautywasahorse-characterwithdistinguishedcharacteristics-createdbyAnne.AccordingtoBlackBeauty’sexperience,wecanseehowpoorlythehorsesweretreatedbyignoranthumans.Havingreadthisbook,youwillknowthathorsesasakindoflivingcreaturesarelikeaspecialgiftof“God”.Theyalsohavefeelingsofpainandlove;thoughtheyarestrongandfasttheyaresubmissivetohumanmanipulations.Butsadly,humanseldombeconsideratetowardsanimalswithenoughmercyandwisdom.ThestoryendedwithBlackBeautyfinallylivingwithakindmaster.Butinmyopinion,thisendshowedtheauthor’skindnessthatinherbookBlackBeautyhadagoodend.Inreallife,therearestillhorseswhicharestillnottreatedwellandareexhaustedtotheirdeath.
BlackBeautyactsasasymbolofperseveranceandhope,andheisalsoarepresentofhorseswhichhadsufferedhardshipforalongtime.Theyhopetoliveakindofhappylifewithkindnessandgoodcareinsomeday.Andinordertolivethiskindoflife,theyjustbearallthesufferingintheirpreviouslife.Ontheconditionoftheirhope,theirsilenttoleration,andthedevelopmentofharmonioussociety,howcanweignoretheirbadconditionforlife?

Hopemoreandmorepeoplecouldattachattentiontothesepooranimals,andmaketherelationshipbetweenanimalsandhumansbecomemoreequalandharmonious.Ihopetoseethatonedayanimalsandhumanbeingsarelikebestfriendstoeachother.(714words)

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