The Dogs Could Teach Me
The story, “The Dogs Could Teach Me,” by Gary Paulson, and the article, “The Last Great Race on Earth,” by Diana Nyad, tell stories about mushers in Alaska, and their dog sled teams. They are both about the journey, and the love between a dog and a human. Mushers in Alaska learn the extent of a dog’s loyalty when they take them out on a trail; they form a bond, and feel that they would die for their dogs, and that the dogs feel the same.
The overwhelming theme in in the two stories is the relationship between musher and dogs. In “The Dogs Could Teach Me” Gary Paulsen has an accident while sledding, He falls down a frozen waterfall, about twenty feet in height, and dislocates his knee. Instead of abandoning him and running on, his dogs find …show more content…
How mushers are alone for ten days, with no one but their dogs. They are not allowed to get help from anyone, in anyway. They have to take care of the dogs for several hours. She talks about how she remembers when Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod, or Last Great Race. “I remember when Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Last Great Race. She cried as she hugged her lead dog, and the first words that emanated from her blue lips were, ‘He would die for me out there, and I would die for him.’” (Diana Nyad, The Last Great Race On Earth). When one is alone with one’s dogs, they get to know them. They develop a bond and a friendship, and they become very loyal to each other. The dogs will do anything for their mushers, and the mushers will do anything for their dogs.
In both stories, there are times when the dogs and mushers depend on each other, and would do anything to keep the other safe. In “The Dogs Could Teach Me,” Gary Paulsen depends on his dogs to get him back home, after they come back for him. In “The Last Great Race on Earth,” Diana Nyad remembers Libby Riddles winning the Iditarod. How she hugged her dogs, and knew that they would die for each other. The bond between the mushers and the dogs is overwhelming in both
The overwhelming theme in in the two stories is the relationship between musher and dogs. In “The Dogs Could Teach Me” Gary Paulsen has an accident while sledding, He falls down a frozen waterfall, about twenty feet in height, and dislocates his knee. Instead of abandoning him and running on, his dogs find …show more content…
How mushers are alone for ten days, with no one but their dogs. They are not allowed to get help from anyone, in anyway. They have to take care of the dogs for several hours. She talks about how she remembers when Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Iditarod, or Last Great Race. “I remember when Libby Riddles became the first woman to win the Last Great Race. She cried as she hugged her lead dog, and the first words that emanated from her blue lips were, ‘He would die for me out there, and I would die for him.’” (Diana Nyad, The Last Great Race On Earth). When one is alone with one’s dogs, they get to know them. They develop a bond and a friendship, and they become very loyal to each other. The dogs will do anything for their mushers, and the mushers will do anything for their dogs.
In both stories, there are times when the dogs and mushers depend on each other, and would do anything to keep the other safe. In “The Dogs Could Teach Me,” Gary Paulsen depends on his dogs to get him back home, after they come back for him. In “The Last Great Race on Earth,” Diana Nyad remembers Libby Riddles winning the Iditarod. How she hugged her dogs, and knew that they would die for each other. The bond between the mushers and the dogs is overwhelming in both