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LAST NAME 1
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TEACHER
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Short Story Research Inquiry
“A Dark Brown Dog” was written by Stephen Crane, who was born on November
1st, 1871, in Newark, New Jersey
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Stephen Crane began writing
at the age of four and had published several articles by the age of 16 (biography
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Stephen Crane was an American novelist, short story writer, poet and journalist
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He is recognized by modern
critics as one of the most innovative writers of his generation
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Stylistically, Crane’s writing is
characterized by vivid intensity, distinctive dialect and irony
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Stephen Crane writes a comprehensive description of this little dog and its
experience of being taken in by a little boy
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It was written in 1890, and this story represents the period of time
that came shortly before
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            The Jim Crow Era was the period of time in the United States after the Civil
War
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  Many
black people were either still kept as slaves, or subjugated into a serf like state
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  He is seen in the beginning as walking down the road, tripping
over the long piece of rope tied around his neck (Crane, "A Dark Brown Dog")
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  However,
it is impossible to do anything with that freedom because now the dog has nowhere to
live; the dog is forced to walk along the road dejected with no means of protecting or
caring for itself
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The boy represents the new generation of people in the Southern United States
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 The little dog makes advances towards the boy, and they start to play
with each other (Crane, "A Dark Brown Dog")
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The event
represents that even though the chains of slavery are gone, the mentality of slavery
remains
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  When they
reach the house the boy has to drag the dog up the stairs
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Quickly an
argument breaks out among the family as to whether or not they keep the dog or throw

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it out (Crane, "A Dark Brown Dog")
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  The father decides to keep the dog, in order to make his
wife mad
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  It is clear by
the progression of the story who wins in the end, for the wife is never heard from
again
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The boy
protects the dog from being beaten and hurt by the father, but in turn still beats the dog
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 When the boy takes the dog on walks, he sometimes let the dog lead, but the
dog keeps looking over his shoulder to make sure he is still following the boy’s path
even though he is leading (Crane, "A Dark Brown Dog")
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One night when the father comes home drunk, the child quickly dives under the
table, but the dog was not so lucky
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  The dog crashes five stories down and never gets up again (Crane, "A Dark
Brown Dog")
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From
beginning to end, it is detailed with symbolic messages of the Jim Crowe Era in the
United States
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