Papa, Snake and I

When a young boy finds one of the deadliest snakes in his families chicken house, he is for some reason, captivated by the creature. The snake seems to represent great power. The snake causes fear in everyone, even the dogs. The significance of the dog, Wolf, being bitten by the snake is that the world is a dangerous, competitive place and those who are the toughest will win in the end. When the father says, "Yet when a horse goes wild it gets shot down, and its all finished. But tame horses die every day," I think he is saying that not only do the wild and crazy creatures in life get punished but even innocent beings are punished. The snake was seen as an evil, deadly, murderous being that deserved to be killed, and the dog was just innocent. It was not a really big deal that the dog also had to die because every day innocent lives are lost. A person has to have hope in order to live day to day and still find some sort of fulfillment to keep them from giving up. The father seems to believe in this message a lot. Perhaps it is the fact that he doesnt really agree or get along with his wife and that he does not enjoy his job, that causes him to think that God is the only hope he has to live his life somewhat happily.