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Analysis Of George Saunders Puppy

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Steven Castellano
PR-425-01
Professor Corey Dzenko
September 8, 2016 Puppy is a third person article written by George Saunders that briefly goes over two mothers (Marie and Callie) who go through a similar scenario with their own kids. Marie loves to surprise her husband by bringing home new animals for her farm. She also has a son name Josh who demonstrates anger issues. However, when Josh starts to play video games he exhibits peaceful behavior. Saunders’s article helps in the study of video games, because it rationalizes how video games can change a person’s behavior. For example, if a person like Josh is in a terrible mood, video games will help calm an angry person down. The article quotes, “Josh made the git-git-git sound he …show more content…

The task is to bake bread while avoiding dangerous animals such as wolves and foxes. Callie has a son name Bo who has a comparable attitude like Josh, but has a strange habit of going on the interstate and darting cars. Like all parents, Callie worries about the safety of her son. One day Marie contacts Callie to purchase a dog from her after reading an ad in the newspaper. Callie has a husband who grew up on a farm and believed the best way to get rid of animals is by killing them. When Marie arrives at Callie’s house, she sees Bo tied up to a tree and starts to freak out. In Marie’s point of view she claims what Callie is doing to her son is child abuse. What Marie does not realize is Callie was doing this just to keep her son safe from darting into cars again. Bo was always in danger when he was free roaming outdoors. Marie on the other hand has to provide her son Josh the Game Boy so he does not rage out of control. Both Marie and Callie love their kids, but they experience love with a different approach. This story compares to the article Visual Cultures written by Richard Howells and Joaquim Negreiros. It enlightens how people are

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