Poem Analysis: Brock And Brog By Catherine Amazon

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“Analyze a poem” This futuristic story is about a boy named Brock who lives in a dome. He does research outside of the dome, and discovers a living dog. This story is written by Catherine Patterson. I liked this story and hope to read more stories by this author. I felt like I could connect to this story because of the setting and the characters. The plot of this story is Brock decided to do research outside and finds a living dog. He takes the dog back to the dome and names her Brog. Brock takes care of her, until one day he overhears two people talking about Brog being cloned. He saves her from being cloned and decides to live on earth. The main characters in this story are Brock and Brog. The setting is set in the future

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