Through out the short story, “The Dog That Bit People,” an Airedale named Muggs would bite numerous amount of people whether it was strangers or his owners. The narrator even stated in paragraph 2, “There was a slight advantage in being one of the family, for he didn’t bite the family as often as he bit strangers.” Even though Muggs would bite for pure maliciousness, the narrator’s mother would still defend Muggs and would the fault was on the person who was bitten. In paragraph 5 the narrator’s mother visited a lecture at the Chittenden Hotel in Columbus. The lecturer spoke about how “Harmonious Vibrations” affected the environment and the living things around it. That was when the narrator’s mother asked the lecturer for help with the troublesome
