In the story “Stray” by Cynthia Rylant, Doris is extremely lonely, by cause of that she has nobody for her, her parents do not show any significant liking to her, and, above all, she owns little. In this story, Doris finds a stray mutt, but her parents do not allow her to keep it. Doris’s father takes the dog to the pound, but he eventually decides to let Doris keep her. One reason Doris is lonesome is that she has nobody for her. It is crucial to notice that she may have friends, but we don’t know of any, and they might not be extremely close to her. This is due to the fact that she hasn’t invited them over at all. Moreover, she (apparently) wants the dog and would do anything for her. This becomes obvious when she says, “She’s not much trouble. I like her.” (line 37-38) Then, after her parents didn’t respond, she commented, “I figure she's real smart. I like her.” (line 39) In addition, her parents are kind of neglecting Doris and just letting her do whatever she wants, not giving her any instruction. In fact, all she wants is the dog. After the dog was “taken” to the pound, all Doris had for “dinner” was a cold biscuit and some milk. …show more content…
Obviously, she greatly wants the dog, but her parents do not care about this at all. In fact, Mrs. Lacey “just shook her head and stuffed a forkful of sweet potato in her mouth.” (line 40) Then, she just didn’t say anything at all. In addition, all Mr. Lacey said when he saw the dog was that he knew where he would take it. In addition to all this, Doris’s parents didn’t say anything about why Doris couldn’t keep the dog. Doris’s mother just said, “You know we can’t afford a dog, Doris.” (line 49). This is significant, as Doris wants the dog even though her parents aren’t
Henry was an extremely lonely nine-year-old boy whose greatest wish was to get a dog. His parents were busy with their work most of the time and it seemed that Henry did not have any friends, perhaps because they moved so often. A dog would have provided Henry with unconditional love - something in short supply around his house - and would have been the perfect companion. The problem was, his parents did not want dog, which would have been another obligation and something else to take care of. As emotionally detached as his parents were, something else to take care of was just not desirable.
... to take roaming dogs back to their owners, and gives them a lecture on the thoughtfulness of letting a dog run free. “Dogs are just as important to me as people” she once said. She rarely makes public appearances today, and almost all of them are for the Doris Day Animal League, an organization dedicated to control pet overpopulation. She also is a part owner of a hotel in Carmel, California. The hotel allows people to bring their pets to stay with them, it also keeps a scrapbook with pictures of happy four footed customers (“Kehoe 120”).
While Doris Goodwin’s mother and father were a very important part of her life growing up her sisters were just as important. She talks about how while Charlotte, her oldest sister was not around as much as her other older sister, Jeanne she was still very important to her. She goes into detail about a shopping trip that was taken with the oldest and youngest siblings and how after the shopping trip to Sa...
She took the dog with her to work at the church and she loved it more than she felt like she could love anything else. Page 282 says, “the little dog found her. He could be counted on. “I feel as though that is also contributing to her guilt towards the whole matter. Love can also be sacrificed as Anthony, a blogger, points out on English II Books and Short Story Blogs.
... on his own parents experiences. Her obsession with being "clean" and "decent" are typically Northern working class values. There is much about this character that is irritating but when we learn about the dead child who "wasn't fit to be called anything" we suddenly realise that there is more to her than we thought. Like Muriel, Doris has spent her life "keeping up appearances", refusing to cave in to hardship and making the best of her situation. Also like Muriel she has a strong sense of her position as a woman, although here we see the opposite attitude - that the woman is the "boss" in a marriage. Poor Walter was definitely a henpecked husband. Her strength of character is such that she quite deliberately decides not to ask the policeman for help when he knocks at the door. She knows that she will die and seems to prefer to choose her own time and place for it.
...and impulsive” and buys a puppy (Yates 352). Since the Wheelers and John disappointed her, the dog presents her with a new, demanding maternal role. Several times Helen positions herself to be a motherly figure, however disappointment and rejection causes her to jump from person to person to satisfy her needs.
As selfish and self-centered today’s society ensues, many human beings believe that humanity has no hope left for the future, but Mr. Richard Lemieux proves society wrong. As prove, Mr. Richard in “The Lady in Red” provides examples that made him change of mind. He aims to convince his readers that there is hope for civilization that a bright light remains at the end of the dark tunnel. By presenting a personal anecdote and emotional events, Mr. Lemieux skillfully uses these techniques to create a convincing passage.
The neglect that both Vanessa and James have for neglecting the health of their dog has eventually led to the tragic event of their dog. At the end of the story Vanessa was told by her mother that Nanuk became too aggressive to anyone outside the family to kept in the house, she soon asked her mother again for the truth that really happened to Nanuk and learned of Nanuk’s death. This is akin to the accident that James had with his pet pug, as he further neglect his dogs health he eventually left the back gate of his house open. This led to his dog running away from home, he did not realize that the gate was open until he noticed that his dog could not be seen anywhere in the house. In an attempt to find his dog he asked around the neighborhood and placed missing posters of his dog around the vicinity, but was unable to find his dog. As we grow old we are faced with many responsibilities to do, but we generally get distracted from following up to our responsibilities. This would ultimately lead to consequences, and these consequences helps us become more mature and realize the loss of something important or
When Larry and his two sons first meet Oogy it was on a gloomy day, that weekend they had just put down one of their beloved animals. However, when they meet Oogy they knew he had to be theirs. He was the friendliest, ugliest dog they had ever met. Taking Oogy home is all they wanted, yet, they had to get the most important approval, their mothers. Jennifer, their mom, agreed to adopt Oogy on one condition- if a doctor could tell her he was of no harm to anyone and would
The love that we have for our pets in today's society has turned into a nationwide spending frenzy. The last meow is a short story written by Burkhard Bilger, The last meow follows a man named Shawn Levering and the conflicts he goes through while trying to save his cat’s life. Shawn Levering faces a difficult situation on deciding whether or not he's willing to pay the 15,000 dollar price tag for the surgery. This situation leaves readers thinking about how far they are willing to go to save their pet's life.The love for our pets has gotten out of control because in today’s society we are treating animals better than some humans are treated. Pet owners are out spending money on unnecessary luxury items for animals while there is people who
The story begins with Mama, and her daughter, Maggie, waiting in their yard for a visit from Dee. Walker uses the setting of the story to allow the reader to fully grasp the financial hardships that the family has had to bear. The house is described as having “three rooms, there are no real windows, just some holes cut in the sides, like the portholes in a ship, but not round and not square, with rawhide holding the shutters up on the outside” (Baym and Levine 1531). Dee is the daughter who couldn’t wait to leave home. In fact, she hated the house she grew up in. When it caught on fire many years ago, Mama wanted to ask her “Why don’t you do a dance around the ashes? She had hated the house that much” (Baym and Levine 1532). Dee’s family raised enough money for her to go to school and, as she moved away and became more educated, she lost sight of where she came from. Mama is not just waiting on her daughter to arrive but also wondering if she will be accepted by her. Her daughter is the complete opposite of her, and Mama sometimes dreams that “I am the way my daughter would want me to be: a hundred pounds lighter, my skin like an uncooked barley pancake. My hair glistens in the hot bright lights” (Baym and Levine 1531). Mama is a practical woman though and knows this is not the way things are. The reader realizes this when
The author of the story “Strays”, Mark Richard, starts off with the main characters, the two brothers, lying in their beds listening to the sound of stray dogs beneath the floorboards, scratching their flee infested backs, and licking the water leaking from the pipes. The mother of the children runs off into the cornfields while the father chases after her. The father’s brother, Uncle Trash, comes to babysit the boys and ends up scamming the boys out of everything they own. The parents still haven not returned, and when Uncle Trash returns after a night of heavy drinking the boys notice he was beaten up and his truck is gone. Later in the story while the adults are out of the house, the two brothers caught one of the stray dogs and sprayed
Once Janie was of age to have serious relationships, Janie’s grandmother tried to guide Janie in the direction of the upper class and money. The point was so that Janie would never have to work a day in her life and only have to fulfill her normal housewife duties. But once word got
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“Talking to Grief,” by Denise Levertov approaches the topic of grief by using a homeless dog as the primary symbol in which we see the dog make the transition from acceptance to becoming a permanent household member. The theme of the poem is the welcoming and acceptance of grief and viewing it as a friend rather than an enemy. The narrator gets the point across that grief is a misunderstood companion and sometimes needs to be present for the sake of healing.