Acorn is a horse. He used to be owned by Davy, but is now Viola's horse.
History[]
Chaos Walking trilogy[]
The Ask and the Answer[]
After the Mayor becomes the president of New Prentisstown, he separates Viola and Todd and forces Todd to work alongside Davy, and gives them both horses. Todd is given Angharrad, and Davy gets Acorn, although he refuses to call him Acorn and only calls him "Deadfall" for much of the second book. After Davy is shot by his own father at the end of the second book, Acorn begins to answer to Viola, calling her "Girl Colt" as they ride away to the scout ship.
Monsters of Men[]
Acorn helps Viola to travel from the town to the base of the Answer repeatedly, as Viola's infection from the poisoned bands makes it difficult for her walk for too long, and it's much faster. He continues to call Todd and Viola "Boy colt" and "Girl colt" and is sweet and trustworthy throughout the book. As Viola is riding to the seaside town alongside Bradley to save Todd, Acorn dies of exhaustion. Viola holds him as he dies, and he says "Viola" instead of Girl Colt right before he passes away. Acorn was a brave, loyal horse for Viola until the end and deserves lots of love and tribute.
Chaos Walking (film)[]
Although many horses were shown in Chaos Walking (2021), it is unknown if Acorn was one of the horses shown in the film.
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