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by

ANNA SEWELL


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WRITERS BIOGRAPHY Born into a religious Quaker family.

Mostly educated at home.

First attended school only at 12.

Slipped and severely injured both her ankles.

Sadly, never truly recovered and became lame.

Moved around in crutches and horse-drawn carriages.

Contributed to her love for horses and the humane

treatment of horses.


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Black Beauty was Anna Sewells only novel.

Written mostly when she was sick.Sold to the publishers for only 40 pounds.

Broke publishing records and became the 6th

bestseller of that time.Unfortunately, Anna died 5 months after that

of hepatitis.

Black Beauty is now a childrens classic thoughit was originally written for those who worked

with horses.


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Chapter 13 of Black Beauty sums up Annas

hopes beautifully:

"There is no religion without love, andpeople may talk as much as they likeabout their religion, but if it does notteach them to be good and kind toother animals as well as humans, it is alla sham."


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BACKGROUNDSet during the Victorian era (1837-1901).

The reformation of the social classes in

England.

The different social classes are portrayed in the

novel.

The improved economic status of the middle

class enabled them to afford horses.

However, some do not learn how to take care of

horses, thereby leading to the abuse of horses.


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Not only did horses provide a means

of transportation but very often they

were used as labour for a variety of

purposes.As brute labour, they were taken for

granted, beaten and abused.

Anna Sewell attacked all these

abusive practises in Black Beauty.


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SETTINGBasically, only two kinds ofsetting:

*Town

*Countryside

One which holds good memories

One which holds bad memories


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CHARACTERS
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THEMESMistreatment of animals

The horses in the story represent different

forms of mistreatment; deliberate cruelty,

cruelty in the name of fashion, and

cruelty committed in ignorance. Evidence

of abuse that causes pain and suffering

for horses is found in the novel.


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Sewell shows us that mean-tempered horses are

not born but are caused by cruel treatment.Example: Ginger is bad-tempered largely

because of the mistreatment she suffers when

young, while Black Beauty is good-tempered

largely because he enjoys good treatment when

young. And even Ginger. with all her problems,

eventually quiets down during her time at

Birtwick Hall, because of the calming effect ofthe humane treatment that she receives.


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Upright BehaviourBlack Beautyis not only about theproper treatment of horse, but also about

the proper behaviour of humans in

general. The lessons given by Duchess to

Beauty, by the coachman John and the

cab driver Jerry among others, are

purposely placed in the novel for the

edification of the reader.


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These lessons include:

(i) Duchess teaching that one should always do

ones best and work hard;

(ii) John explaining the value of following an

example of kindness by doing the same for

others.

(iii) Jerry demonstrating integrity, helping

others in need, and establishing the family

as a priority. Others, such as Squire

Gordon, lecture on Sewells main theme: the

need for kindness to animals.


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VALUESLove animals and treat them wellAnimalsare Gods creatures as well, therefore, humansneed to love and treat them humanely.

Always give your bestBlack Beauty alwaysdoes her best to serve her masters, regardless ofwhether they are good or bad masters.

Be hardworking and go the extra mileWhenMrs. Gordon falls sick and requires a doctor,Black Beauty rides in the rain despite hertiredness in order to bring the doctor to Mrs.Gordon.


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Be gentle and goodDuchess advises Black Beauty tobe gentle and good always. Be a good friend to othersBlack Beauty is a good

friend to Ginger.

Speak up when we see cruelty towards animals Thekind gentleman reprimands the cab driver who beat

his horse.

Do not abuse animals in the name of fashion andbeauty The lady of Earlshall Park insists oncheckreins for Black Beauty though he is in pain so

that he can hold up his head high and look good.


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ACTIVITY 1FIND & IDENTIFY ME

AIMSStudents are able to identify the different characters in the novel.

MATERIALSPaper, Blu tack

STEPS1. Write down clues about a particular character on strips of paper andnumber them.

Eg: (a) She was proud of her sons breeding and advised him to behave wellat all times.

(Refer to appendix for a list of clues)2. Stick the clues at various places in the classroom.

3. Divide students into small groups and instruct them to move about freelyin the classroom to look for clues which are hidden.

4. The first group to locate all hidden clues and write down the correctanswers is the winner.


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LETS DISCUSS/EXPLORE1. Ask students if they have read other stories where

the main character is a horse. Compare and contrast the

character of Black Beauty to the other horse character.

2. Ask students about their top five favourite characters

in the story? Mention the accomplishment of eachcharacter.

3. Write a journal entry from Beautys point of viewthat reflects his feelings about himself. Include ways in

which he changes over the course of time.


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APPENDIX1. She was proud of her sons breeding and advised him to behave well at all times. 2. Black Beautys first owner.

3. He bought Beauty from Farmer Grey.4. She likes to bite and she snaps.

5. The coachman of Birtwick Park.

6. She gave Black Beauty his name.

7. She threw Mr. Blomefields boys off her back when they rode her roughly.8. He saved Beautys life in a fire.9. He took over James place as a stable boy at Birtwick Park.

10. He provided treatment which saved Mrs. Gordons life.11. Merrylegs was finally given to him.12. The coachman at Earshall Park.

13. She insisted that Beauty and Ginger wore checkreins.

14. Beautys new carriage partner at Earshall Park after Ginger left.15. He died when he fell off from Beauty when he rode her.

16. The cab driver who was Beautys master.17. His master was killed in battle.

18. He scolded a cab driver for treating his horse cruelly.19. He bought Beauty from Jerry.

20. He tried to persuade Farmer Thoroughgood to buy Beauty.

Answers: 1. Duchess 2.Farmer Grey 3.Squire Gordon 4.Ginger 5.John 6.Mrs. Gordon 7.Merrylegs 8. James

9. Joe Green 10.Dr. White 11.Mr. Blomefield 12.Mr. York 13.The lady of Earshall Park 14.Max

15. Reuben Smith 16.Jerry 17.Captain 18.A kind gentleman 19.Farmer Thoroughgood 20.Willie


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ACTIVITY 2- GUESS WHERE AM I?

AimsStudents are able to guess correctly the various settings in the novel.

MaterialsAn empty tissue box, phrase strips

Steps1. Teacher folds the phrase strips and puts them into the empty tissue box.

2. Divide the class into groups of 56 students.

3. Ask a representative from each group to pick a phrase strip from the tissue

box.

4. The representative reads out the phrase and whichever group shouts out the

correct answer gets two points.

5. Every group takes turn to send its representative to pick and read out thephrase.

6. The group with the most points wins the game.


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LETS DISCUSS/EXPLORE Ask students to think about a place

that brings that good memories. Share

with the class about their favourite

places and why these places bring

good memories.


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MORE ACTIVITIES

SKELETON PLOTAIMS:

Students are able to sequence key events in a storyplot.

Stick the sentence strips at various places in theclassroom without following the sequence

(Handout 1)Divide the class into groups of 4 6 students.


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Each group will have two writers and several

runners.Runners will try to locate the sentence strips at

various places in the class room. They are notallowed to bring any paper or pen when reading

from the strip.Runners run back and forth between the

location of the sentence strips and the writers.

Writers write down whatever the runners dictateto them.

Students arrange the events according tosequence.


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BEAUTY & GINGER
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