In a study taken by a research team from Utah on the behavioral and psychological differences between abused dogs versus normal dogs, it was found that abused dogs are more aggressive and fearful towards unfamiliar people (Becker 2015). This is one of the major reasons why it is difficult to care for abused dogs, as people who try to help the dog are rejected because of the dog’s fear and aggression towards them. We would think that logically, the abused dog would fear its owner and try finding someone better to look after them, but the dog does not and instead returns to its abusive home. Although the dog knows that it will suffer when it returns, the dog would rather take its beatings then venture into the unknown where good people may be, because it fears it may be treated worse. This dog, like an abused child, is unaware of the kind-hearted people that exist in the world, as it has experienced so much pain it cannot trust anyone.
Author Alexandre Dumas states in the book The Count of Monte Cristo, “When we have suffered a long time, we have great difficulty in believing in good fortune” (Dumas 31). Alexandre’s statement is proven by
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As Lyle is asking why his father Sydney did not say he was innocent and try to fight back against false accusations made against him, Sydney says, “If they destroy us they destroy themselves – not one breath of air comes against us that does not harm them as well”, to which Lyle replies “You are a fool!” (227). Lyles does not believe in his father’s words that justice will come to those that caused his family so much suffering, and that it is foolish to think that way. Lyle decides that his father must be wrong, and trusts his newly set ideals based off of the suffering he has endured for so long instead of him. Lyle cannot trust in his father that good things are to come for their family as all he has experienced is