After realizing that they had an extra room in chapter nineteen, John and Jenny decided to have another member to the family but they really wanted a girl since the first two children were boys. Jenny wanted to find a way to give John a good birthday present, so on January 9th; she delivered their baby girl which they decided to name Colleen. Later on Jenny throws John a surprise birthday party which he thought was very thoughtful and made the night even better. Towards the end of the chapter, there was another thunderstorm, which is where John realizes why Marley is so afraid of lightening because Marley ended up saving John from a lightning strike. In chapter nineteen, the human and animal relationship is when lightning strikes and Marley jumps on top of John to protect him and it shows their true love for each other. …show more content…
At every beach that the two of then went to there were signs saying no dogs, but eventually John found a part of the beach which in fact actually allowed dogs. John learned his lessons from previous times and kept Marley on a leash so that he would not run away and destroy everything. After having a good day on the beach and not having any problems, John thought that it would be a good idea to take off the leash which was a good idea at first but eventually it was a bad idea. But all of a sudden, it looked like Marley was about to go to the bathroom and leave his droppings, when a women caught the attention of John and what Marley was about to do and after that fiasco, Marley and John were not allowed to go on the beach ever