Sirius Black Man Or Dog Summary

On the article “Sirius Black Man or Dog?” by Eric Saidel, the author explained about the concept on whether Sirius Black, a character on the Harry Potter series, have the mind of a dog or a human when he transformed into Padfoot. The author’s thought process was back and forth towards the theories that he had already said and dismisses them but later on bring back again to reevaluate. There are strengths and weaknesses that the author had made while writing this article, just like bringing back dismissed topics, not binging other character that could back up his main point, and not making it clear as to what the author argument really is about. Saidel brought up four topics that he easily dismisses in the beginning, “[if] Padfoot has the mind of Sirius and the body of the dog, [if] Padfoot has the mind of a dog and the body of a …show more content…
Just like on the first paragraph on this essay had stated. Did he really answer the main topic or did he just confuse the readers all together? Some can say that he had successfully answers his questions, but to some it is a confusing ride for readers. The reasons as to why the article is really long and confusing is because the author introduced topics after topics but did not finish them on that part or paragraph, Saidel would bring them up again but that is after another topic is introduced. In the beginning the author, Saidel asked a couple of questions for his thesis. The author then proceeded to answer them on the article. Saidel’s main topic is that why would Sirius chase his tale if this and that, and he concluded to “the nature of this entity is determined by both one’s mind and one’s body, even if one’s body happens to be the body of a dog.” Why would the author go to a confusing direction when he could have just gone straight to the