A dark brown dog RJ 14

Dear Mrs.Zrihen,


I just finished the story called A dark brown dog by Stephen Crane. This was actually a pretty good story to read and I would actually recommend this book to everyone, and that includes anyone who reads this journal. I found a good paragraph on the last page: "So the dog prospered. He developed a large bark, which came wondrously from such a small rug of a dog. He ceased to howl persistently at night. Sometimes, indeed, in his sleep, he would utter little yells, as from pain, but that occurred, no doubt, when in his dreams he encountered huge flaming dogs who threatened him dire fully."
Before I read this book the cover page took my attention from the start and it was many people crowding around one kid (which was actually holding a dog, as it said in the story,) therefore I inferred that this book would include a kid who must have done a great deed to the town, I was DEAD wrong. I also thought about the title" a dark brown dog" it interested me because it could have been about anything, so it gave the mystery. While I was reading I SO had to reread many parts in the books to actually understand it. I also learned new vocabulary like the word erect which means to stand upright.
After I finished I asked myself questions on what happened in the story AND who to recommend this book to.
I was pretty tired last week, nevertheless I picked a short story, fiction. It's a short story because it only has like two characters and not that many information. There were two main characters the child, which didn't have that much info about him, and the dog, a tiny brown dog. They are the protagonists and the antagonist is the dad who starts kicking the dog. The dog changed throughout the story by changing from a tiny dog to a full grown dog. The king had to live with the dog. This story is Man vs. society because the conflict is about the kid trying to protect the dog from getting stepped on or kicked. The setting is in both time and day, however the place is usually the house. I felt kind of sad to hear that a defenseless dog is getting beat up. The author also felt sad. The moral of the story is to protect the ones you love until they can get back on their feet.
This story is third person for its angle to the characters not the author herself. The story was organized into time order, because of the different time changes of the book. The author wrote the book to entertain because she is talking about a nonliving person, made-up. The author was biased because it didn't give the perspective of both the kid and the dog.


I would rate this book 9/10 for its interesting words.


sincerely, Juan 702