Dealing With Grief Everyone has a different perspective on life. A cat has a different perspective than a mouse. A dog has a different perspective than a person. Garth Stein, in his story The Art of Racing in the Rain, illustrates the life of Denny and others through the eyes of Enzo, a dog. Enzo tells the audience the events that happen with him and his owner Denny. With Denny’s wife Eve dying, his daughter Zoey being taken away, and being accused of crime, Denny’s story teaches the message that grief changes people. Denny started realizing that the time spent with Eve was precious.That night when Enzo and Denny left the twins house (really Eve’s parents) unknowing to them that Eve would pass away that night. Enzo could feel it in his bones that she left. “She died that night. Her last breath took her soul, I saw it in my dream. I saw her soul leave her body as she exhaled.” ( Stein 162) Denny then received a call saying that Eve had passed. “ They closed the french door so that Denny could be alone with Eve for the last time, even though she was no longer living.” (Stein 167) As a result of such a tragedy of losing his wife, Denny tried to put on a brave face for his …show more content…
The Twins try to make Denny feel bad because he did not make preparations for Eve’s funeral. “ We discussed it with Eve, as well, just so you know. And we believe that the best situation for all of the parties involved would be for us to have custody of Zoe.” ( Stein 170) The twins had no right to steal Zoe from Denny. This was grief talking because they talked about how Eve wanted Zoe to stay with them but she told Denny that they would all live together again. The twins might have thought that Zoe was like a small younger Eve so they wanted to raise her like one because they felt responsible for the death of her and not wanting the same to happen to Zoe. This is why they tried to take her from Denny and also