Emilie, who has lost her entire family in the war apart from her grandfather, is delighted to have the horses around. Each night, Joey and Topthorn are taken to a local farm where they are cared for by 13-year-old Emilie and her grandfather. The Germans press Joey and Topthorn into medical service, where they help cart the wounded away from the frontlines to field hospitals. Joey, Warren, Stewart, and Topthorn are captured by the Germans. The cavalry unit is destroyed by German machine guns. As the armies entrench, the British look for a way to break the stalemate, and decide a cavalry charge on German positions will be best. Joey then becomes the mount of Trooper Warren, who, like Nicholls, cares deeply for Joey. During one engagement, Nicholls is killed. With the war raging all around them, Joey and his unit spend much of their time protecting the British flanks from German troops. Joey and Topthorn fast become friends, and are nervous shipping across the English Channel to serve in France. Joey also meets Captain Stewart, who rides a horse named Topthorn. Not only does Joey train to become a war horse, but Joey befriends Nicholls, who takes seriously his promise to Albert. Joey and Albert are both heartbroken by this.Ĭaptain Nicholls promises Albert that he will take good care of Joey, and lives up to his promise.
The war hits farm prices hard, causing Albert’s father to sell Joey to a British cavalry officer, Captain Nicholls, so that the mortgage can be paid.
As Joey and Albert both grow, Joey learns from Albert that war has broken out over in Europe. Joey finds a fast friend in Albert, and the two are inseparable. Thirteen-year-old Albert Narracott comes to care for Joey, raising him well, training him to do farm work, and teaching Joey to come when called by owl whistle. Joey is purchased as a colt by the Narracott family in rural Devon, England, a few years before the war breaks out.
War Horse is a young adult historical novel by Michael Morpurgo that recounts the experiences of Joey the horse in World War I. Note: This study guide refers to the First Scholastic Paperback Printing, 2010 edition of War Horse by Michael Morpurgo.
0 kommentar(er)
