Everyone knows that one person who is always helping whoever he can no matter what shape he is in or how big the job is. John Steinbeck’s, The Red Pony, creates a humble, helpful, and hardworking man who tries his best to keep a friend’s horse from dying but fails and feels guilty as if everything was his fault. In The Red Pony, Billy Buck, the hired hand on the ranch, tries to keep his friend’s horse alive that has become very sick. Although Billy Buck did his best, the horse still died, leaving them devastated. Jody, Billy’s friend who is also the youngest on the ranch, was very emotional when his horse had died and that made Billy feel like the whole thing was his fault. Billy Buck is a very helpful and humble man who tries his hardest