Changing Views on Humanities in The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

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“Racing is about discipline and intelligence, not about who has the heavier foot. The one who drives smart will always win in the end.” Because teaching is one of the best ways to learn, Honors College takes learning to the next level. Self-directed learning is essentially being able to teach yourself. Teaching yourself means being willing to go above and beyond to learn thoroughly, sometimes by using outside sources. The book The Art of Racing in the Rain, authored by Garth Stein, altered my view on the humanities. This work documented the human experience in a light that I would not have seen it had I only read the books assigned to me in class. The themes in this book and how they were portrayed helped me to be able learn symbolism a bit better and also to understand my own life more clearly. In the book, Stein tells; the life story of Denny; the life and death of his wife, Eve; and the battle for his daughter, Zoe, through the eyes of Denny’s dog, Enzo. Enzo begins the book telling how he is ready to die. He believes that once a dog is finished with his life as ...

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