Summary Of The Strangers That Came To Town

In the short story, “The Strangers That Came to Town” by Ambrose Flack shows discrimination through the symbolism of the Duvitches dog Kasimar. Kasimar symbolizes innocence. Just like the Duvitches “no one had ever heard him bark or growl”(Flack 4). Normally dogs would bark or growl at people, however, Kasimar was different, he acted just like the family to which he belonged. The Duvitches often felt lonely as they were discriminated. The Duvitch children just moved to a strange town and no one welcomes them instead they are mocked. It is not just their classmates that bully them, but also the school principal despises them: “Before she could put a stop to it, some of their classmates scoffed at the leaf, lard and black bread sandwiches they