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Both Carl Tiflin and Billy Buck act as father figures toward Jody. Carl thinks of what's best for Jody, giving him chances to learn about horses, and making sure that he is disciplined and does his chores. Billy, on the other hand, spends a lot of time with Jody, for example teaching him how to take care of Gabilan. The tension between Billy and Carl over what is best for Jody manifests itself in several scenes. For example, when Jody kills a vulture, Carl reprimands him, but Billy stands up for him, because he is better able to understand how Jody must feel. When thinking about which man is closest to Jody, it is telling that when Billy has to kill Nellie to produce Jody's colt, Carl is nowhere to be seen.
Steinbeck is fairly straightforward with his symbols. He discusses what many of them mean to Jody. Jody hates vultures, since they are an obvious symbol of death and decay. He feels uncomfortable around the Cypress tree, because it is where pigs are butchered, and Steinbeck practically says that it represents death, by writing that it is the enemy of green grass surrounding the water tub. Other symbols includes the horse hair rope that symbolizes the frailty of Gabilan's life, the Great Mountains that symbolize Jody's budding adolescent restlessness, and Jody's dogs, who at one point or another Jody treats or mistreats according to his emotions.
The most prominent events that take place off of the ranch are the death of Gabilan and the suicidal escape of Gitano. In both instances, the ranch is seen as a place of safety; however, it also seems to be suffocating, since both Gitano and Gabilan eventually flee, though in fleeing they die. Thus,
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