Black Beauty Chart

Black Beauty Chart

Part I Summary – Insert summary here
Chapter / Beauty's Name / Owner's Name / In a nutshell… / Major Lessons from the Author / Examples of Themes
1 / Darkie / Master / describes B's home and how he grew up / Don't throw things at horses / Goodness—"I hope you will grow up gentle and good, and never learn bad ways; do your work with a good will" (1.6)
2 / a horse and rider died in a hunt / Don't hurt them / Fashion—a man and horse died for sport (fashionable at that time)
3 / how B was broken in (saddle, bridle, training, etc.) / How to train/ break in a horse / Danger of ignorance—"there are a great many foolish men, vain, ignorant, and careless, who never trouble themselves to think; these spoil more horses than all, just for want of sense" (3.last)
4 / Black Beauty / Squire Gordon / B meets Merrylegs and Ginger / Treat horses well and they won't bite / Goodness overcomes evil—Ginger was "ill-used" before coming to Squire Gordon's but everyone there is nice and so she might become good-tempered
5 to 45 / [fill out here]
Part IVSummary – Black Beauty has four more homes in this last part. The first two are awful and Beauty almost dies. He is then sold to a man who gives him good food and rest and is sold (for the last time) to kind ladies where he reunited with Joe Green and lives the rest of his days in a home with no more troubles.
46 / Blackie / Corn dealer; Jakes the carter / Jakes gets persuaded to stop using the bearing rein when going uphill / Don't distress animals without a reason (no bearing reins) / Animal rights—"To be punished and abused when I was doing my very best was so hard it took the heart out of me." (46.4); "We have no right to distress any of God's creatures without a very good reason…they do not suffer less because they have no words" (46.21)
47 / no name / Nicholas Skinner / B is worn out. He is worked too much, carries too much, and almost dies. / Don't overwork a horse and then whip and overload him / Animal rights—"men are the strongest" (47.4) but just because they're the strongest doesn't mean animals should be treated like that; "my plan is to work 'em as long as they'll go, and then sell 'em for what they'll fetch" (47.19) some people (like Skinner) treat horses like they're pencils or tissues to be used up and thrown away
Goodness—"but I did my best, as I always had done, in spite of cruelty and injustice" (47.15)
48 / Old Crony / Mr. Thoroughgood / B is sold and gets rest. / Caring for horses (rest, good food, exercise) and valuing them will work wonders / Goodness—"there were others that I would have willingly used the last of my strength in serving" (48.2)
Beauty gives everything he's got to serve others.
49 / Black Beauty / the sisters, Joe Green / He finally has a forever-home/happily ever after / Make sure a horse has nothing to fear / Goodness—Beauty was good and loyal his entire life and got a good, peaceful home in the end