Black Beauty, Part 39: riassunto
Part 39 di 49 · 5 min per leggere: part
In 39 Seedy Sam, a cab driver explains how high rental charges, low fares, and family needs force him to overwork his horses, making the governor reconsider his blame. Sam then falls ill and dies, and the governor calls his death a warning to the other drivers.
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- The narrator contrasts his own good treatment with the hardship of horses rented to drivers.
- The governor criticizes Seedy Sam when he brings an exhausted horse to the stand.
- Sam explains that rental payments and inadequate earnings leave little choice between overworking horses and letting his family starve.
- Other drivers support Sam, Jerry looks sad, and the governor acknowledges that both people and animals suffer.
- A replacement driver reports Sam’s fever, then announces his death the next morning.
- The governor calls Sam’s death a warning to the drivers.
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The governor accepts that Sam’s conduct belongs to a wider problem. His response connects human hardship with animal suffering without offering a solution.
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