Study Guide

War Horse Characters

By Michael Morpurgo

Yep, War Horse is told from the point of view of a horse. Namely Joey, "a spindly-looking...

Joey tells us early on that "only one man was ever [his] master" (1.3). That's one faithful...

Topthorn is everything you would look for in a horse—or a sports car: a "shining black...

We only have to spend four chapters with Albert's drunk father, but that's more than enough to...

Morpurgo's Author's Note introduces us to Nicholls as though he's a historical figure who painted...

Crazy Old Friedrich is the "kind old gunner" (12.6) in charge of Joey and the rest of the horses...

Sold to soldiers and captured by the opposing army, Joey finds himself at the mercy of the...

Emilie's Grandpapa outlives young Emilie and saves Joey from becoming gelatin in the book's final...

You want the read moral of War Horse?: never trust a pale, thin man. Like the Gentlemen from...

Other than Joey and Topthorn, most of the horses in War Horse are pretty flat characters. But...