Crime Bitters Johnny Greenwald Analysis

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In Crime Bitters by:Tommy Greenwald, the characters quality contributes to the theme “There was no way we were getting this dog.” (pg 35)According to the text “Hey, maybe you’re a good-luck charm after all.”(pg 35).This shows that the dad was wrong about the dog. Furthermore “i am pretty sure she winked at me”(pg 36), this also means that Abby likes her new owners.
This evidence portrays that the attitude shows theme because the dad judged the dog that it was not good.Then he got an interview and that made him change opinion about her.Therefore, this book is trying to teach other people that they should not just say “there ugly so i won't talk to him” they should talk to them and see how they are in the inside.

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