Being a Public Character
(as told by the dog)
Don Marquis
Conflict: Character v.s. society.
Theme: "Fame can change your life"
Text Evidence: "And the next day I had bit that lion and was a Public character, and fame came so sudden I scarcely knew how to act."
Summary: Spot was a normal dog till one day he just happens to mistake a lion for a dog and bites it. Spot's life changes the fame gets to his head. Soon him and his boy are being picked on. Then when a house catches on fire Spot's inside! He grabs what he thinks to be his boys sweater to take it to him when it turns out to be a baby. Resulting for Spot to thus again become a Public character.
Characters: Spot, Freckles, Doc Watson, Henie Hassenyager, Mutt Milligan, Mr. and Mrs. Wilkin, three Wilkin girls, and the Wilkin twins.
Conflict: Character v.s. society.
Significant Literary Device: Amplification
Point of View: First person.
Text Evidence: "My daily hope was that I could live up to it all."
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