A Literary Analysis Of 'My Kid's Dog'
My Kid’s Dog Analysis Ron Hansen’s short story, My Kid’s Dog, is meant to be a funny story about revenge, irony, and hatred. This typical story is about a man who hate his children’s dog. Throughout the story the father tells us about the dog from his experience and his relationship with it. The father also comes across as though he does not realize why his wife and kids are so fond of the dog and does not take kindly to the fact that the dog acts perfect around them. In the story the dad uses sarcasm and irony to explain to the audience the things the dog has done that makes him feel how he does towards him. In the beginning of the story the narrator made it very clear by stating, “My kid’s dog died. Sparky. I hated that dog. The
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The father’s purpose in the story is to deal with removing the deceased family dog from the yard and handling the dirty work that the man of other house would usually do. The intentions of the father are to express his hatred for the dog through personal expression. A statement that stood out was when the father was talking about the dog’s death for the first time, “And then, at age ten, and none too soon, he kicked the bucket. You’d think that would be it. End of story. But no, he had to get even.” (Hansen), this statement always us to have a greater understanding of how much the father didn’t care about the dog passing away. Another purpose the father seemed to have was to inflate his ego and talking about the things he does. After the father buried the dog in the backyard he talked about himself as if he did something so extravagant and manly. He went on to say, I was feeling good about myself, heroic, as if, miraculously, compassion and charity had invaded not only my bones but my sinewy muscle tissues. I fixed myself a tall glass of gin and tonic and watched the first quarter of the USC football game.” (Hansen). I interpreted this as the father trying to feel like the man of the house again because the dog was no longer around. I also took this statement as the father felt like he would get some of his families attention back because it was no longer on the dog
The father’s purpose in the story is to deal with removing the deceased family dog from the yard and handling the dirty work that the man of other house would usually do. The intentions of the father are to express his hatred for the dog through personal expression. A statement that stood out was when the father was talking about the dog’s death for the first time, “And then, at age ten, and none too soon, he kicked the bucket. You’d think that would be it. End of story. But no, he had to get even.” (Hansen), this statement always us to have a greater understanding of how much the father didn’t care about the dog passing away. Another purpose the father seemed to have was to inflate his ego and talking about the things he does. After the father buried the dog in the backyard he talked about himself as if he did something so extravagant and manly. He went on to say, I was feeling good about myself, heroic, as if, miraculously, compassion and charity had invaded not only my bones but my sinewy muscle tissues. I fixed myself a tall glass of gin and tonic and watched the first quarter of the USC football game.” (Hansen). I interpreted this as the father trying to feel like the man of the house again because the dog was no longer around. I also took this statement as the father felt like he would get some of his families attention back because it was no longer on the dog