When Dogs Cry Analysis

The novel when dogs cry has many meanings and messages throughout the story of Cameron Wolfes life. Markus Zusak is the author of the novel and has cleverly written the novel to relate to the teenage audience and cover significant topics like personal pride and respect for women. One of the main topics that the novel explores is love over lust and this is demonstrated many times throughout the novel.
Camron Wolfe and his brother Ruben Wolfe are the exact opposite when it comes to love and lust. Rube isn’t looking for love unlike Camron he isn’t even looking for lust, all the girls find him. Rube’s is known for the amount of girls that chase after him, “he just had to trip up a gutter and a girl would like him” (4). Even when Rube was with a …show more content…
Love is more meaningful and long lasting than lust and Camron knew that, all he wanted to do was find a girl and drown inside them “I wanted to drown inside a woman but never had the chance” (102). Camron’s dreams came true one he found Octavia and she wanted him just as much as he wanted her “thanks for wanting me” (100). He loved Octavia which was much more meaningful then how Rube though of the many girls he was with. Camron was truly for filled when Octavia let him drown inside her “you can drown inside me anytime Camron” (105). Octavia also wanted to find love because she knew that was more meaningful as Camron also thought, furthermore she showed this when she asked to kiss cam “you’re the first person I every really wanted to kiss me, you’re the first person I asked” (127). Octavia understood Camron because he wasn’t always focused on lust like Rube and for that reason she loved him “It makes you unlike anyone I’ve ever met.... that’s the sort of person I want to be with” (127). When Rube had left Julia he learnt from that and understood that he didn’t need to always be with someone to be