A Secret For two

A Secret For Two


What would you do if your horse died and you where blind and had counted on

him for 5 years? This is what happened in the short story “A Secret For Two” by

Quentin Reynolds. This short story was good because it fits in the tragic mode of

literature which are very enjoyable. The short story was good because when you

read, you want to keep going to the next page, which makes story good. If my horse

died it would be the worst day of my life. I would have to get a new horse, to

train all over again because I’m blind would know me and would.


To begin with, this short story has the tragic mode of literature. The world

is in conflict for the main character because Pierre’s boss wants Pierre to retire

from delivering milk in the village. Rise to power is that Pierre doesn’t want to

retire he wants to keep working. Tragic flaw was that Pierre was blind and his

boss did not know. Tragic fall Pierre’s horse dies. Death symbolism is that Pierre

dies because he is blind had to get a new horse and because he couldn’t see, he got

killed by a truck.


Another thing that defines this mode of literature are the characteristics.

This story could happen in real life because back then they did delivered milk by

horse. The horse was his friend and he could because he is getting old. The man was

blind, and counted on the horse. The main character is in control because his horse

is helping Pierre deliver the milk.


On the other hand if my horse died I would be really sad and would have to get

a new horse and start all over training it and getting to know it. This short story

was good because once you started to read you couldn’t stop. You can’t stop,

because it fits in the tragic mode of literature. This is one of my favorite short

stories because it follows a mode of literature.