Garth Stein's The Art Of Racing In The Rain

(1) What if dogs can actually talk and communicate but in their own language? Well in Garth Stein’s novel, The Art of Racing in the Rain, the main character who is a dog narrates the whole novel to us through his point of view. Some pro’s of having a dog as the narrator of your novel are that whatever the Enzo says in the novel cannot be interpreted by anyone else so he can say anything he wants about every character and not have a backlash of the person hearing him or someone telling him what he said, so Enzo has no filter because no one will find out what he’s saying about people. Another reason why it is good to have Enzo as the narrator of this novel is that it is unique and it does not follow the same pattern as every other book. It gives the reader a new taste a new perspective of a book instead of keeping it plain and have a person narrate the novel like there are not hundreds of thousands of those kinds of books already. Finally, having Enzo as the narrator gives Garth Stein new leeways …show more content…
To begin with, there are a lot of obstacles that Denny has to charge through in life just like a racer racing on a rainy day. Even though the racer would much rather the race be a lot easier with no rain they know that there is nothing they cannot just give up and stop just because something does not go their way, just like Denny and how his life spirals out of control. When it rains during a race the racer must come up with a strategy to get by it whether it be going a little slower, making wider turns, or making narrower turns on the tract they have to come up with a strategy and stick to it, just like Denny does in the novel. Through the lawsuit, the financial problems, and the problems with Enzo, Denny has to come up with a bunch of different strategies to overcome the obstacle that has come his way. That is why I think the title Art of Racing in the Rain applies to Denny’s