Old Yeller

I guess I will continue with classics week with one more. I was going to end it yesterday, but today's post is directly related to a cause I am helping sponsor. My cause is much like Old Yeller, which really boils down to a boy's love for his dog. This story follows a young boy who's best friend in the whole world happens to be a large yellow dog. They do everything together and the time in which the film is set is perfect for a bond like theirs. They hunt the land to provide for the family while the boys Father is away. Yeller is not only his friend, but confidant, hunter and gatherer helper, and guardian. When you spend as much time with anyone, that being human or animal, you unknowingly grow an attachment to it. When you spend day in and day out with certain humans, you grow weary of them, sometimes to the point of hatred. Not the case with dogs. As much as they can anger us, we just have a soft spot for that dumb mutt who knows not why he gets spanked. Travis and Yeller deal with several encounters of the dangerous kind out on the uninhabited land where he grows up. Raccoons, snakes, and bears to name a few. There is nothing they don't do together. The boy sees the dog grow up, but in a way the dog raises the boy into a young man. Watching his every step through his young life and protecting him when need be. One day Yeller literally lays down his life for Travis. He saves the boy in an absolutely dreadful situation where Yeller gives all he has for the boy one last time. The way the film ends is so politically incorrect by today's standards, but it had to be that way, and in 1957 PETA didn't exist.I hope with all my heart you have seen Old Yeller from 1957. I write tonight about a boy and his dog because of another endeavor I am helping out with. My little brother is currently in Afghanistan serving our country for the US Army as an EOD tech. If you are unsure what EOD does, watch The Hurt Locker, then you will have a Hollywood skewed reference of what he does on a daily basis. Click this link Bring DOE home and read how you can contribute to another boy and his dog. Thanks and God Bless.

NBM rates Old Yeller - A Cinematic Work of Art

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