Would you ever leave a wealthy life, all the comforts and privileges in search for equality? Dorothy Johnson the author of "A Man Called Horse " has created an image and story of a man in search of equality and who has abandoned all his wealth and comforts. Like any other story, there is irony. In his search for equality, the man called "Horse" also discovers himself. He goes through many steps to find equality and understand its meaning. "Horse" in his adventure starts out in search for people no better and no worse than himself. In his foolishness and pride he decides to go to the Indian Country. There he tries to be one of the kings who were mostly white men. Fate was on his side and his vision turned out to be different.
             Horse stays in Indian country and with no chance of being a superior, he is in danger and so it does strike him. He is captured by a raiding party of Crow Indians and thus his journey begins. He is treated like a horse and unarmed and naked, he is weak. The thought of trying to escape was on his mind but he never had a chance. Horse had always succeeded but this time he was of no superiority. He was ignored, dragged and laughed at. He then realizes that this men are better than he is and he has to keep all the emotion and anger to himself for he could not afford it. He learnt to do without pride for a horse had to be docile. He begin to understand that he had no power and now was a property of someone else. He accepts his position as a horse and begins to forget about his danger. As he was in community of people better than him he finds out what loneliness is and thus increasing his understanding of equality. Hence he natures himself for he finds out this is the only way he can survive.
             He begins to develop his understanding of equality by acting who they thought of him for, a horse. He helps out and begins to understand their culture too. He figure
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