In the story “The Dog That Bit People,” Mother takes up for the dog, Muggs, several times. One of the times she stuck up for Muggs is in paragraph three, it says “...he bit a congressman who had called to see my father on business.” and her actions showed how she stood up for him when the narrator explained, “Mother persuaded herself it was all for the best that the dog had bitten him.” Mother did not like the congressman because she did not agree with his horoscope. Again,Mother backed Muggs up in paragraph four, the narrator says “...he never bit anyone more than once at a time.” He never bit anyone more than once because Muggs always felt sorry immediately after he bit someone. Mother takes up for Muggs when she said “...he had a quick
