Simak plays with the characters he’s created not only for the plot but to also usher his theme upon the reader. The protagonist of the story, Kent Fowler, is portrayed as a fairly normal guy although he has a level of status and another character even says “Some day you will be a great man…” (Simak 3). Despite this he will eventually choose to leave his human form behind, this is another finger pointed towards the antihumanism theme. Towser, a reoccurring character in Simak’s stories and Fowler’s faithful canine sidekick, can also be viewed as another tool to get this theme passed along to the readers. At the beginning this dog is simply just that, an aging and flea-ridden animal but as the plot progresses the reader sees this ordinary animal
