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The author gives such a good description of the animal's pain, sounds, and motions, that you can actually visualize the scene. I would have been jailed as well. The story begins by telling about his family, which includes his father, mother, younger siblings, and Sounder, the family's coon dog. They really had to take up the slack and work even harder from dawn until dusk, every day, just to survive. Sounder is a good book for all ages to read.
I am very thankful that I wasn't in this boy's situation. One day three law men come to haul off the dad for stealing a ham. I am very protective of my family and wouldn't have been able to restrain myself. --Reviewed by Kiana Armjilo What surprised me the most was the punishment that the father received. He was placed in jail and placed on a chain gang for years and years.
Some of the language is difficult to understand because it is set in the 19th century American South. They are very abusive to the father, chaining him and even striking him in the face with the chain. I felt really sorry for this family. The main characters are the boy and Sounder. To me it didn't really fit the crime of just stealing a ham. The blast tears off the whole side of his head and shoulder.
They are extremely poor and have to work hard for everything that they have, which isn't much. Sounder was making such a ruckus that one of the deputies shot him.
Freedom here seems to be the freedom to be mistreated ans starved inside an otherwise rich nation.The poverty here seems to be the color white in the south.One teacher reaches out and helps and shows thatnot all men are liars and cruel. This book is not just another book about a boy and his dog, but about the larger issues of life and meaning.The Platonic theme of the existence of an higher order of ideas and shapes is one of the nice things about the ending.The black boy comes to grips with a world of prejudice for the blacksouthern share crop farmers. Slavery may have ended in the 1860's, but you really can't much tell it from this book.
Simple and short but complex as the nature of racism. Boy did I cry through the whole book. I could place myself there and it was indeed a battle among humility and love. It was one of the best human relation I can think of. It had me rooting and sobbing at the same time. What a read.
The father was imprisoned and sent to work on the chain gangs. It's been a very long time since I read this book. As an adult I choose to listen to the audiobook instead of reading the book again.
The reader was excellent in his retelling of this book, no complaints there. All in all this is a very good story and very good audiobook. Shortly after the father's death Sounder followed.This is a good story, but not what I remembered. Only father didn't come home.
One evening the father stole food to feed his family. Sounder greeted him and one day they went hunting like old times. I remember reading about a dog. This book isn't really about Sounder, the dog, it's more of a coming of age, growing up of the oldest child.When father finally did come home he was in a bad way and very old.
He was badly disfigured and disappeared for several weeks to heal. This is a short audiobook as the book itself was short.It's the story of a poor family on the verge of starving who owned a coon dog mix. He was caught shortly after and when he was being taken away the loyal hunting dog Sounder was shot.
If younger readers don't get it, that might not be such a tragedy after all. And this book doesn't make you feel "sad".just oppressed.wait for it.ah, ha.a masterpiece for all races, without a doubt. I just thought I should explain that clearly (hint, hint) after reading a few of the negative reviews. NOT a whole lot of singin' and dancin' going on in the south during Reconstruction, historically speaking that is.
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