’The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse’ is a lovely story about two young boys who belongs to Garoghlanian tribe which is well known for honesty and truthfulness.

1. The Summer of the Beautiful
White Horse
William Saroyan
By Anil Kumar

2. 1. Aram – a nine year old Armenian boy belonging to Garoghlanian
tribe.
2. Mourad – an Armenian boy of 13 belonging to Garoghlanian
tribe, cousin of Aram.
3. Uncle Khosrove– Aram’s uncle, a crazy person with a powerful
head.
4. John Byro – a farmer
5. Narrator’s mother
Characters

3. This is a story of
two tribal Armenian
boys who belonged
to the
Garoghlanian tribe.

4. Garoghlanian tribe
1. Lives in extreme poverty
2. Loves honesty
3. Never lied
4. Never did anything wrong
5. Never stole anything
6. Proud of their tribe

5. The story talks about
two boys
- Aram-9
- Mourad-13 (considered
crazy and natural
descendant of Khusrove

6. 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.

7. -Possession of the horse
is unbelievable due to
poverty, could be
possible by stealing.
-Both boys were too
honest to lie yet too crazy
to ride a horse.

8. Both decided to keep to enjoy it's ride.
Justified by saying that stealing for money is not same as stealing for
riding.

9. They hid it from the rest of the world by
keeping it in a barn of the deserted
vineyard.

10. 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

11. 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.
Transition

12. The story teaches us the importance
and necessity of honesty even in the
face of greed and passion.
Message

13. About Mourad
kind-hearted animal lover
has a way with animals
loves the horse and shows his affection
able to tame the horse quite easily and rides it well.
mended the broken wings of a bird and talking
softly to it.

14. About Aram
adventure- loving.
well known for honesty and right conduct.
honest and simple-hearted
timid and low-lying.

15. The End
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