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In “The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse” by William Saroyan, there are many underlying themes and questions that you may see after reading the story multiple times. One of these questions, is Mourad really “crazy” as the rest of his tribe thinks he is? Another question that you may find, what did Uncle Khosrove mean when he said you should “pay no attention” to the bad things that happen to you? You may or may not agree with him. During my first read of “The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse” I didn’t really think about whether or not Mourad was crazy, I just accepted it because that was what the author told us. If William Saroyan says that Mourad is crazy, then he must be crazy. However, when I read the story the second time, I saw that he was just acting like a kid. He didn’t mean any harm by stealing the horse; he just wanted to have some fun. He had a way with animals, which some people may see as crazy, but I think that he just loved …show more content…

Uncle Khosrove liked to say that you should “pay no attention” to the bad things that happen to you. I think that what he is trying to say is that you should not let bad things bother you. Once their done, they’re done. There’s nothing that you can do to change that. I agree with that on some level, I think that you shouldn’t let stuff that happened in the past hold you down, but I think that you should learn from your mistakes. In the story, Uncle Khosrove doesn’t care when he is told that his house is on fire. In fact, he doesn’t even leave the barbers studio where he is getting his moustache cut. Some people may completely disagree with Uncle Khosrove, that you should pay attention to your mistakes, pay attention to them, and let your mistakes control your outlook on life. I do not agree with that, because if you let mistakes control your life, then what do you have to look forward

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