This Dog Will Change Your Life

Analyze the point of view of This Dog Will Change Your Life. What does Friedman’s first-person voice contribute to the narrative? How would the text resonate differently if Friedman employed alternate points of view?

Explore Friedman’s overt avoidance of academic, scientific, and historical data. What is the purpose of these omissions? What is the effect? How would the text benefit and/or suffer from more logical evidence?

Examine Friedman’s use of personal anecdotes throughout the text. What is the tone and mood of these anecdotes? What is their argumentative effect? How would the addition of different types of evidence alter the text’s tone?