It is quite simple to see that the story "Am I Blue" is about a fond relationship between a horse and a woman. However, one may wonder if there is much more to the story than what the words say. In "Am I Blue," Alice Walker conveys her high regard towards animal rights through the use of many different rhetorical devices such as description, anecdote, metaphor, personification, irony, and analogy. After analyzing each technique used by the author, one can clearly say that her purpose for using such literary devices is to argue that there are "human" qualities in animals. Respectively, she says that through gestures, signs, and expressions, animals are in a sense, linked to humans.
             The story begins with a brief description about a relationship with a horse that is boarded on the farm next to where Walker lived at the time. The tender relationship began with the ritual of feeding Blue, the magnificent horse. In her story, she traces her relationship with Blue over the numerous years she had spent with him. She describes in vast detail about the life altering events they both had experienced.
             Walker's perceptions of Blue are revealed through the use of description. The use of this technique enables her to present in clear language how immensely related Blue's behavior aspect is to humans. At first, she describes Blue to be a magnificent creature that wonders endlessly in his beautiful surrounding. However, despite of these vivid surroundings, Blue is lonesome and bored with life. For example, Walker states, "I was unprepared for the expression in Blue. Blue was lonely. Blue was horribly lonely and bored. I was not shocked by that this should be the case; five acres to tramp by yourself, endlessly, even in the most beautiful of meadows-and his was-cannot provide many interesting events." She stated that she was shocked to see the strange, but familiar look on Blue's face. Describi...