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I felt that as I was reading, that the author was slowly revealing hints and leading up to the Collie dying in the story. Instead, Gang Lu (one of her fellow colleagues) kills six of her fellow colleagues and friends, and then kills himself. I wondered why she would lead up to the dog dying, but this event never took place. What made me first think that she was starting to hint towards dying, was when she starts talking about all of the dogs' struggles. These struggles include not having the strengthen to travel up and down the stairs, and the Collie urinating in its bed all the time, because the collie is unable to get up on its own two feet. Secondly, the author says "that the dog at the bottom of the stairs keeps having mild strokes, which cause her to tilt her head inquisitively and also to fall over", which also shows signs of the dog getting old and close to death. …show more content…

She states, "I wish my dog was out tearing up the town". A couple sentences down, Chris tells her "You have control over this" and then says "“You can decide how long she suffers”, by him saying this he is talking about her putting down the dog. She thinks over what he said and she said to herself that it wouldn't be so terrible, so she is questioning it. One of the most obvious examples, is when she draws a picture of the Collie with "X's over its eyes, "I draw a picture of her on the blackboard using brown chalk. I make “X”s where her eyes should be". Overall, I believe the author was misleading in the story. I feel as if the story was leading up to the death of the dog, but instead the event never

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