It Can’t be a Man’s Best Friend if it’s Dead
In “Dog”, by Richard Russo, Henry Devereaux, a lonely child, has the dream of owning a dog. When his dream finally comes true, it’s not how he imagined. Henry’s yearning for a dog shows how disconnected his parents are and how a dog 41 give him camaraderie and fellowship. The narrator starts out by explaining that he’s not an easy man and just wants to be entertained. He says that he may not be entertained by the same things others are but that doesn’t make them unsuitable. His parents claim he was exasperating as a child and his colleagues would agree that, as an adult, nothing has changed. % Henry Devereaux lives with his parents, who later get divorced, on a college campus in the 1950’s.
In “Dog”, by Richard Russo, Henry Devereaux, a lonely child, has the dream of owning a dog. When his dream finally comes true, it’s not how he imagined. Henry’s yearning for a dog shows how disconnected his parents are and how a dog 41 give him camaraderie and fellowship. The narrator starts out by explaining that he’s not an easy man and just wants to be entertained. He says that he may not be entertained by the same things others are but that doesn’t make them unsuitable. His parents claim he was exasperating as a child and his colleagues would agree that, as an adult, nothing has changed. % Henry Devereaux lives with his parents, who later get divorced, on a college campus in the 1950’s.