My Dog Essay

their inevitable fate. Obviously, some would argue that an eternity of burning in hellfire is a lot worse than an eternity of sharing circle-related anxiety, but those people have probably spent very little time in a sharing circle. A big part of my hatred for these circles…

I think that my dorm room is a representation of my front-stage behavior. This is the case because although it is my room, I share it with a friend, and although it is our room, we often have other people in it with us. Dorm rooms are a space in which friends can gather for a party, to study together, or even to watch this week’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy. It is more of a public space than a private space in which I can be alone. I keep my dorm room in a manner in which I would publically…

This August, my dog Stitch died. He was a 9 year old golden retriever who we had for 6 years. He had cancer, but we didn’t know until a week before he died. That was the day we took him to the vet. We took him to the vet in late July and found out he had cancer lumps all over his belly. We had seen the bumps before, but never thought much of it. We had to take him because he wasn’t eating, walking, or moving. We knew it was a problem when he stopped eating our almonds out of our hands. For the…

Set against the patriarchal backdrop of the Deep South with its norm of male dominance, Alice Walker’s, The Colour Purple, maps the journey the novel’s protagonist, Celie, makes toward self-awareness and freedom. Walker’s epistolary structure highlights the importance of having opportunities to express ones thoughts and feelings in order to develop a sense of self and demonstrates how women have had their voices taken from them. Celie’s growth and the resulting parallel decline of male dominance…

In the essay “No, I Do Not Want to Pet Your Dog” written by Farhad Manjoo talks about how Manjoo is not a dog person; additionally, he goes into detail about how dogs are a problem in today’s society. A point Manjoo talks about is how dogs rule urban America and he is being serious. Dog owners allow their animals to run rampant and do whatever they want to do. Throughout the essay the problem is mentioned at the real people at fault are the pet owners themselves. As the story progresses the…

it comes to my pets I really do my best to care for them. However the running joke in our house is that we live in a zoo. Sometimes it really does feel that way, but I love it. To be honest if I had the space we would probably have more animals. One of the biggest chanllenges I have had is finding food that is healthy for my pets, especially for my pets. There is so much junk in dog food it's hard to know if what you are feeding them is healthy. So at first I tried to feed my dog a…

you ever marveled over why dogs wag their tails? We've always heard, through videos, movies, and books, that dogs wag their tails out of happiness. Yet, is that all there is to it? Dogs also seem to show other emotions than happiness, too! Even when they appear angry, afraid, or annoyed, they still wag their tails. If you're angry, it seems unlikely to represent happiness at the same time. How do domesticated dogs portray their emotions; to humans, and other dogs? Do dogs wag their tails for…

as a great day took a turn for the worst. My brother, Bobby, was moving to San Diego and had decided to take our pit bull red with him. My mother, my step-dad and myself were all against him taking red but he was really my brothers dog so we couldn’t tell him not to. We all really loved that dog, to us he was part of the family. It was going well for the first couple days, it was hard getting used to not seeing my dog around. He always slept with me on my bed and nothing felt the same with him…

"Sometime in the last decade, dogs achieved dominion over urban America." (Manjoo, 191) As time progressed, Americans have taken on a new purpose in which they use dogs for. A dog is now considered a "man's best friend". Back in the seventeenth and eighteenth century, a dog's purpose was simple; serve as a guard dog or sheer entertainment. Dogs are now allowed everywhere: the grocery store, gym, office, restaurants, school, etc. Who wants to go for a quiet brunch at a café and be seated next to…

My entire life I had always longed for a dog to call my own, only to have that request be turned down by my parents. This stood true until one day my mom told me that we would be visiting family in Vietnam, and while I was there, I could have my own dog. When I got to my grandma’s house in Vietnam, I had the opportunity to meet the neighbors, who had three children. Because one of them was eight like me, and the two others only being a year older than that, I believed we would get along. Sadly,…