Marley and Me Was Based on a True Loving Family

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The story of Marley and me is a true story based on a family that lived there life caring and loving “the world’s worst dog” as John Grogan says. The book was released in 2005. Three years passed when they decided to make a movie and live it out all over again, the movie was released in 2008. The night of John and Jennies wedding day is how the story begins, as the couple is sitting down one morning drinking coffee Jenny looks at her plant and says “how am I supposed to take care of a baby if I can’t even keep a plant alive.” This is where the conflict begins, John saw an ad in the newspaper that said “yellow Labrador puppies for sale” he came up with this bright idea to surprise Jenny for her birthday. John takes her to the farm where she can pick out her very own yellow Labrador puppy. As the blind folds comes off, her eyes open wide and this big “AW” comes out, she hops over the puppy fence and sits on the floor. She begins to play with all of the puppies, and falls in love with every single one but there was one that just caught her attention a little more. The puppy plops...

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