Analysis Of Buying A Puppy

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Buying a Puppy

Buying a Puppy has two influential characters the main character is Carrie a 7 year old who journeys into a pet shop to choose a dog. The second character is the puppy, perspective developing the dog experiences when they have a hopeful owner. The ending is a twist which has the dog talking and the parents leaving the store. The genre is children 's, shown by the way the author has constructed this story.

The author is attempting to show what a little girl experiences when they are deciding on a new puppy and what puppies experiences when they are waiting to find an owner. The allegory that the author is using is though some people reject you for being different there is always a person who will accept you.

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The ending of this story needs to be reviewed as most children 's stories end in happy endings that encourages the children to want to read it again as it bring warm happy feelings. The way this story end with ‘Stan gave them a stern look. Bark! Bark!’ it doesn’t leave a happy or concluded feeling after reading the story.

I would recommend either developing the story for the family to return and buy the dogs which would represent accepting everyone, or have the dogs think of themselves as a family of their own as this would show that you can find your own family and friends.

Loader’s characterization of Carrie is disconnected with a 7 years olds mind set, in that Carrie doesn 't get distracted by all the animals ‘Her dislike of them was quickly forgotten as she saw cages filled with furry puppies, all looking adorable.’Whilst this showed Carrie looking at the animals it doesn 't show her scattered thoughts similar to most 7 year olds. This leaves Carrie feeling like a flat character and limits the connection with the reader. Loader also has the children controlling the money, ‘for children controlled the money’, which doesn’t link with a 7 year old who would not know the correct amount of money and the value of

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