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    The story follows two poor Armenian boys, Aram and Mourad, who are tempted to ride a beautiful white horse when Mourad steals it from a local farmer, John Byro. Though their tribe is known for their strong moral ethics of honesty, the boys justify keeping the horse for two weeks so Aram can learn to ride. Eventually, their sense of honesty compels them to return the horse to the farmer. The story conveys the internal conflict between desires and moral principles, as well as the importance of reputation and upholding one's character, even in the face of temptation.

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    The story follows two poor Armenian boys, Aram and Mourad, who are tempted to ride a beautiful white horse when Mourad steals it from a local farmer, John Byro. Though their tribe is known for their strong moral ethics of honesty, the boys justify keeping the horse for two weeks so Aram can learn to ride. Eventually, their sense of honesty compels them to return the horse to the farmer. The story conveys the internal conflict between desires and moral principles, as well as the importance of reputation and upholding one's character, even in the face of temptation.

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    The Summer of The Beautiful White Horse

    Introduction
    The story “The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse” of class 11 is written by the great
    author ‘William Saroyan” The story revolves around two Armenian boys ‘Aram’ and ‘Murad’.
    Aram is nine years old and he is the narrator of the story. While Murad was thirteen and was
    Aram’s cousin. They belonged to the Garoghlanian tribe. This tribe was always recognized for
    its honesty and trust. They had never done any stealing. But Aram and Murad stole a horse.
    But they changed their mind and returned the horse.

    Beginning of the Story


    The story begins with Mourad visiting Aram’s house in the morning at 4. To Aram’s surprise,
    Mourad has brought a beautiful white horse which he is riding. Mourad assures him that it is
    indeed a horse and he is not dreaming. Aram did not believe it because he knew that they
    were poor and wouldn’t be able to afford a horse.

    Main Characters of the Story


    Aram (Narrator of the Story): He’s a nine-year-old boy. He and his cousin Mourad are
    Garoghlanian tribe members. He feels Mourad’s theft of the horse for the purpose of
    horseback riding is justified because they had no intention of selling it.
    Mourad: He is Aram’s 13-year-old cousin. He is a vibrant and rambunctious individual who
    adores his cousin Aram, to whom he offers the horse to ride for a while. He knows how to
    ride a horse.

    Uncle Khosrove: Uncle khoserove was a big man with a loud voice. He was very impatient
    and almost always angry. He never listened to people properly before he shouted "It is no
    harm; pay no attention to it."
    John Byro : He was a kind hearted farmer. He was Hardworking. He trusted the Boys as he
    was sure that they are saying the truth because of their tribe (GALOGALION)

    Hallmark of Garoghlanian Tribe


    Garoghlanian tribe had been famous for their honesty for about eleven centuries. In spite of
    being poverty-stricken, the entire tribe had never ever compromised with their honesty and
    moral ethics. Even during their prosperous times, the tribe took pride in their honesty. No
    member of their tribe could think of taking undue advantage of anyone; stealing was
    considered despicable among them.
    Theme of the story
    The two main themes in “The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse” are the conflict
    between feelings and reason, and the importance of character and reputation.
    The conflict between feelings and reason: Throughout the short story, Aram and Mourad are
    caught between what they feel and what they know.
    The importance of character and reputation: Though they live in extreme poverty, the
    Garoghlanians do not steal, valuing honesty over wealth and their reputation over whatever
    they might gain through stealing.

    Summary

    The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse is a short story written by Armenian-American novelist
    and playwright William Saroyan. The story entails a simple narrative of two poor Armenian boys who
    are very fond of horses. And in spite of having strong moral ethics of honesty that make their whole
    tribe distinct, these boys fulfil their wishes by riding a stolen white horse. The author narrates the
    story in the first person, and the name of the narrator is Aram. He is tempted to try riding the horse by
    his crazy cousin Mourad who steals the horse from a farmer named John Byro. They are bound to
    their ethic of honesty and decide to return the horse as soon as Aram learns to ride the horse, just like
    his cousin Mourad.

    Key points

    • The story opens with Mourad coming to Aram's house at four in the morning. He tapped
    on the window to Aram's room. When Aram looked out of the window, he was taken aback
    and startled to see Mourad riding a beautiful white horse.

    • This was too unbelievable because Aram knew that they were too poor to be able to
    afford to buy a horse.

    • The only way Mourad could possess it could be by stealing. They were too honest to lie
    and yet too crazy to ride a horse.

    • Thus, they decided to keep the horse for two weeks to enjoy its ride in cool air. They
    justified their action by saying that stealing a horse for money was not the same as stealing
    it for riding.
    • They hid it from the rest of the world by keeping it in a barn of the deserted vineyard.

    • One day while returning from horse riding they came across John Byro, a farmer who was
    the owner of that horse.

    • John Byro was sure that it was his horse, yet, he did not suspect the boys.

    • He even counted the horse’s teeth and was just amazed at the resemblance and said: “I
    would swear it is my horse if I did not know your parents.”

    • This moving experience led the boys towards John’s vineyard the very next morning. They
    left the horse in the barn after patting it affectionately.

    • Later that day, John seemed to be very pleased and shared the news of the return of his
    horse with Aram’s mother.

    Message conveyed by the Story


    the summer beautiful white horse coveys the message of honesty and integrity in the start
    of the chapter in which the armarian tribe will die of poverty but never steal and they were
    well known for their honesty and integrity.At end also the white horse which was stolen
    from the farmer john byro, they have returned that horse with full of honesty and accepted
    their mistake

    END

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