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The author also wanted us to feel the dog’s pain in the line “As we teased her with play, blood was filling her skin” and “We found her twisted and limp but still alive” (Clugston, 2010). I think that we can also see that the emotions we felt for the dog and his owner, are also emotions that we feel in our life when dealing with the illness and death of our loved ones, such as our family or close friends. With the reader/ response technique of writing, we can see and feel all of the emotions that the author is projecting through the telling of this
