How to go about handling a situation when seeing a child chained to a tree? In the story “Puppy” by George Saunders, Marie one of the main characters wondered the same thing. Saunders story had multiple viewpoints one being from Marie, a mother of two children and Callie, a mother of one who is trying to sell a puppy to Marie. Saunders has a deeper meaning than just being about selling someone a puppy, it is a story that tries and make you see that looks are deceiving and that we should not judge a book by its cover so to speak. Marie the mother of two whose names are Abbie and Josh was trying to connect with her children and treat them in a way that her mother and father never did for her. Marie wants to be close to her kids and make sure
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Callie and Marie show characterization when they judge each other off what they are seeing and how it effects both of them. Callie is judgmental when she sees Marie pull up she automatically see a rich family with a Lexus. She also makes a statement about putting the word cheap in the paper because they are driving a nice vehicle. Judging was not done on just one person’s part she judge based off what Marie was driving. Callie is being a good mom who loved Bo so much that she didn’t tell him she was going to kill the pup because the lady did not want it she knew he would be upset. Right there shows that Callie loves her son enough to do something she finds awe full to protect him. She even went as far as giving him 20 dollars and saying the person who took the pup were very nice. Marie did not see it that way she just assumed she didn’t love Bo and mistreated him because he was chained to a tree acting like a crazy dog. Something Callie and Marie need to see is how things appear to the eye are not really what it seems. Finally to wrap up when Marie thought Callie was being a bad mother she should not have judged because of what she saw she should have asked her or minded her own business. Marie’s children could have given that sweet innocent puppy a loving home. The Theme of this story is you should not judge by only
Callie and Marie show characterization when they judge each other off what they are seeing and how it effects both of them. Callie is judgmental when she sees Marie pull up she automatically see a rich family with a Lexus. She also makes a statement about putting the word cheap in the paper because they are driving a nice vehicle. Judging was not done on just one person’s part she judge based off what Marie was driving. Callie is being a good mom who loved Bo so much that she didn’t tell him she was going to kill the pup because the lady did not want it she knew he would be upset. Right there shows that Callie loves her son enough to do something she finds awe full to protect him. She even went as far as giving him 20 dollars and saying the person who took the pup were very nice. Marie did not see it that way she just assumed she didn’t love Bo and mistreated him because he was chained to a tree acting like a crazy dog. Something Callie and Marie need to see is how things appear to the eye are not really what it seems. Finally to wrap up when Marie thought Callie was being a bad mother she should not have judged because of what she saw she should have asked her or minded her own business. Marie’s children could have given that sweet innocent puppy a loving home. The Theme of this story is you should not judge by only