The Use Of The Dog In Gary Paulsen's A Glow In The Dark

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In the story A Glow in the Dark by Gary Paulsen, Gary uses his dogs for support in many ways. First, he uses them for protection when he thought he was seeing ghost and stuff he stood behind his dogs because he was scared. Also, he used them for motivation because they were never tired so they didn't stop that's how he made it to the finish line in the race. Lastly, he used the dogs for guidance because when he didn't see where he was going in the race because of the darkness they stopped and controlled him through the race so that he was back on task. In conclusion, Gary paulsen used his dogs for support in many

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