Consistency and Hard Work: Lessons from 'Where The Red Fern Grows'

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, a famous retired WWE actor, once said, “Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come. “ In other words, success has nothing to do with hard work. You may succeed from that hard work, but without it, there will be no greatness. In the book Where the Red Fern Grows, by Wilson Rawls, the theme of hard work and consistency can be inferred though Billy’s actions.
In the first section of Where The Red Fern Grows, one example of consistent hard work was on page 21. It had said, “Another year crawled slowly by, and then the great day came. The long hard grind was over. I had it---my fifty dollars!” See Billy had dreamed of getting two coonhounds. This was a problem though because his family was too poor to afford it. Of course, that wasn’t going to stop Billy from his puppy love. He then began to work hard all summer long and save up his money. He

In other words, “I told him to wait just a little while, and I’d show him the ghost coon’s hide….I told them I wasn’t giving up until my dogs did.” Rainie had made a bet saying that if Billy’s dogs could tree the ghost coon, he could have his two dollars. Billy agreed to the bet, and that evening they met up, ready to hunt. At first, the dogs were not successful in finding or treeing the ghost coon. Rainie had no hope in Ann and Dan, and demanded for his two dollars from Billy. Billy refused and kept his faith for he knew his dogs could do it. They waited a little longer and finally Ann had spotted and treed the ghost coon, with the help of Old Dan. This shows that Billy had pride and hope for his two dogs. Billy knew that they could do it, which is why he kept going and didn’t give up. If he did, he would be letting his dogs down, and Rainie would take his money and go around