When I first read "And it would have to be a white horse; the very image of freedom" (Walker 8), I finally understood why many animals are put behind cages or fences: they animals are a form of living art used to somehow bring us closer to them. This quote to me encompasses the short story "Am I Blue?" that Alice Walker has written. The irony and the mocking tone that the author incorporated when referencing what their friend has told them about Blue fully explains the despair and anger that the author felt for the horse with its lack of animal identity. The empathetic feeling is further…