Puppy

When my mom called me over she told me that I was able to take one home with me. My father told me to pick a puppy because they’re cuter. My mother said to get a dog that’s almost all grown up and puppies make such a mess and she didn’t want to clean up their mess. My parents got into an altercation with whether or not we should get a puppy or an adult dog. I picked a dog that just the puppy age of his life and is almost an adult. When we put him in the car he was sitting on my lap. He started…

In stories authors use literary techniques, language, and theme development to establish their tone. In the stories “The Metamorphosis” Franz Kafka and “Puppy” by George Saunders use these to show the audience how their opinions on parenting. They both share their views in their stories using the same techniques even though they have different views. The view of parenting that Kafka has is that parents should not take their children for granted, they should love their children. The view that…

In John Steinbeck’s “Of Mice of Men, Crooks, a minority states, “I seen hundreds of men come by on the road an’ that same damn thing in their heads… They come, an’ they quit an’ go on; an every one of ‘em’s got a little piece of land in his head. An’ never a God damn one of ‘em ever gets it” (Steinbeck 74). He makes his point that men, especially minorities, will never achieve their American Dream. No matter how diligent they are with their work, the men in the story will never acquire the…

Jazz has always been revolutionary. From its early beginnings as ragtime and blues, this music has swept the nation. Before jazz, “white” music dominated the United States, but soon enough classical music and folk songs were being replaced by songs that pushed the boundaries of music. African rhythms and hymns had taken flight and radically changed music in America by creating jazz. Music, as the world knew it, had been traded for something encompassing a whole new set of rules that began to…

decision when he ended Lennie’s life by shooting him in the back of the head because Lennie was a threat to the general population and he was even a threat to animals. Lennie killed mice all the time, he even killed a few birds. Then one day he killed a puppy that was only a few weeks old, and one day in town he grabbed a little girl’s dress and scared her. Then toward the end of the book he killed Curley’s wife. Lennie was a big threat to people and animals. When he was little his aunt Clara…

just escaping from a Jurassic island filled with dinosaurs that Krista was trapped on did she realize that she had lost all of her memories except for two names hers and Morty which she linked to a four legged furry thing. She had also picked up a puppy that she decided to name Jak, who had also been trapped on the island and had decided to follow her. Krista was walking for about three hours and dusk was falling so she decided to set up camp and managed to find a small cabin that is only…

Buying one from a store can cost a person up to $500 for adult dogs/cats to $1,600 for puppies/kittens. This usually leaves the owner with having to pay out of pocket for the vet expenses. Neuter/spays alone can cost up to $150 while microchipping can cost up to $60. In the end, adopting saves you a lot of money and time. Many will argue that adopting takes too much…

loving soul, but to many they have become more of a commodity than a member of our families. Every year more dogs are being abandoned, left on the streets to fend for themselves when they are no longer wanted or useful. If they are lucky dogs and puppies are taken to shelters or rehomed with a new family. Shelters, however, are not salvation, due to the overpopulation of domesticated animals there isn 't enough space for a dog to live out it 's full life span at a shelter. Although there are no…

This passage reminded me of a time when my mom and I caught toby opening the pantry and going through a package of oreo’s and doritos ranch chips. We were livid at him, but I gave him some slack due to the fact i’ve never seen such an intelligent puppy that could open a heavy pantry door in my…

1) Lennie by accidentally kills one of the puppies and he tries to hide it under a pile of hay. It seems as if he is more worried that George wont let him tend the rabbits, than he is upset with the fact that the puppy is dead. 2) Curley's wife enters the barn and tells Lennie not to feel bad about killing the puppy because there are plenty of dogs in the world. She also tells him that she could of been a movie star, but things didn't end up well for her. 3) Lennie shares his liking of petting…