People Can Change In Stray By Cynthia Rylant

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In the story Stray by Cynthia Rylant the theme is people can change. One example to show this theme is when Mr. Lacey said “ I sure don’t know where it came from but I sure know where it’s going.” This shows that at the beginning of the story Mr. Lacey was not going to let Doris keep the dog. But by the end of the story he ended up bringing the dog back after seeing where she would be living. For instance at the end of the story he changed, “I wouldn’t leave an ant at that place,” he said “So I brought the dog back.” It really showed that his attitude changed when he said “Well are you going to feed it or not?”This theme is shown throughout the story that if people want to they have the ability to change. Another example was when Doris changed

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