Review: A Day No Pigs Would Die
There have been many "coming of age" novels throughout the decades and Robert Newton Peck's A Day No Pigs is one of these great literary classics. The difference with Peck's novel is not its rural Vermont setting, or it is another story of a twelve-year old boy awakening to the realities of his surroundings, but it is about a boy who grew up in a community with the ideals and beliefs of Shakers. Robert decides one day to skip school not for the fun of it but he felt bad because a boy at school teased him about his Shak
He saw a distressed cow giving birth while on the way home. He not only helped give birth to one calf but two. He made all the arrangements for his father like any dutiful son. During a November morn, Robert's father decided on doing the deed and slaughtered Pinky. In the birthing though, he saw the cow losing breath and pulls out a goiter but got bitten by the cow. The misery of the cows was because of her giving birth and Robert helped the cow through the process. The owner of the cow, Benjamin Tanner gifted Robert with a pig that Robert called Pinky. Robert felt hatred for his father but realizes that it was meant to be and forgives his father. Eventually, Robert found out the Pinky is barren and since that was the case, there was no other way but to slaughter her. In the spring of the next year, Robert's father died peacefully in his sleep. In one of the concluding scenes, Robert goes to his father's graveyard and said goodnight to him as well as thanking him for thirteen good years he has known his father. The service was short and simple but Robert realized that his father may not be rich but he was blessed with many good friends who loved him. Thereafter, Robert and Pinky became "best of friends" and did a lot of things together.
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