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What effect does London achieve by making the last paragraph being narrated from the dogs point of view?

 

swetlana i #255565
Jun 11, 2012 2:49 PM

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What effect does London achieve by making the last paragraph being narrated from the dogs point of view?
 

Aslan
Jun 11, 2012 2:54 PM

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London is reluctant to anthropomorphize his animals but certainly there is a sense that animals are part of the natural world. They heed nature's warnings. The dog highlights the man's folly and fragility.
 

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