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Natalie Lopatowski

Mrs. Baione-Doda

AP Literature

16 October 2008

"The one big surprise is that as it turns out, God is the sun. It makes sense, if you think about it. Why didn't we see it
sooner I can not say. Every day the sun was right there burning, our and other planets hovering around it, always apologizing, and we didn't think it was God. Why would there be a God and also a sun? Of course God is the sun. Everyone in the life before was cranky, I think, because they just wanted to know."

This short story appeals to the mood and tone of the words. The diction and tone are energetic, joyful and sweet. But then the dog dies. Just like that. The feeling of the sound and speed of the words are concocted for the voice of the dog, in the first person perspective, but also manages to convey what it might feel like to be a dog through diction and imagery. At the end, Eggers chose to have the dog give the last words to his book and on the meaning of life.