5. Tell how we are made to sympathize with the dog.
6. What suggestive effect is gained at the end of the story?
7. Write a story in which you awaken sympathy for some dumb animal by suggesting that it has almost human emotions.
SONNY’S SCHOOLIN’
1. What is the advantage of the monologue form?
2. How is conversation indicated?
3. Point out the separate incidents that make up the story.
4. What advantage is gained by the use of dialect?
5. Point out elements of goodness in Sonny.
6. What is the character of the father? How is it presented?