The Bridle

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The Bridle
Throughout the story Holits’ character builds and as the story progresses you realize his life revolved around manly one thing, his horse. His horse meant a lot to him even though it was the main reason for his deteriorating life. After Holits lost his horse and farm the one thing he kept in his journey to Arizona was his horses bridle. This bridle symbolized Holits’ love for his horse and the farm life.
In the beginning of the story Holits carries the bridle into his new home in Arizona. This shows Holits’ attachment to the bridle and the horse because there are no farms or horses around his new home. “There’s not much to farm around here . . .” (193). Later in the story you realize that Holits put all his effort and money into that horse, which shows how much that horse meant to him because the horse never won a race. “The fact is, whenever it ran, it lost. . . But Holits is stubborn if he’s anything. He wouldn’t give up” (199). No matter what the odds Holits would bet on his horse. Holits dedicated his life to that horse and sadly nothing came back to him in return. After Holits had lost almost everything including the horse, he was forced to start a new life in Arizona. Even after the horse made him lose everything, he still kept the memory of the horse close by, with keeping the bridle. However, Holits luck had run out again and he was injured forcing him and his family to move a second time and live off his wife’s sister. In the end of the story Marge finds the bridle, it had been left behind by Holits. “Back in the corner of the drawer I see the bridle he was carrying in when he first came” (208). “Maybe the man left it on purpose” Marge realizes that Holits maybe wants to start a new life free from the horse and all the troubles it has caused him (208).
In conclusion the bridle symbolized Holits’ determination and love for his horse, however in the end he finally ...