These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of Marley and Me by John Grogan. The whole story is soaked with the narrator’s/author’s/protagonist’s love to the dog, and the dog’s endless allegiance to his closest creature – the man. As pathetic as it sounds, Marley had become my male-bonding soul mate, my near-constant companion, my friend. He loses his hearing and sight, his fur falls out in large tufts, arthritis plagues his joints, and he has repeated stomach issues that bring him close to death.

Such short little lives our pets have to spend with us, and they spend most of it waiting for us to come home each day. Marley is later the shoulder Jenny cries upon when her pregnancy ends in a miscarriage, solidifying his role as comforter in the family. Although a seemingly light-hearted topic, the story of this silly and poorly trained dog includes moments of heavy loss, disappointment, and grief. Here you can find plenty ebooks in different digital formats: epub, fb2, mobi, rtf, txt, as well as audio books in mp3 format.

The story was inspired by the overwhelmingly positive reaction to Grogan’s obituary for his dog Marley. This is a non fiction book because it shows real events and it can give you information that is true. John Grogan tells this story in the first person as he reflects on the 13 years he spent with Marley, the family’s purebred yellow Labrador retriever. John reluctantly agrees to neutering Marley, ending any hope of Marley siring future purebred Labradors. John made sure even when his wife didn’t want marley no more that he made sure that marley would behave properly, which means not jumping on people when he sees them and slobber on them.

The speaker wasn’t knocked over or in any way amiss; the paper cone was simply gone, as if someone had sliced it out with a razor blade.I was reminded of what should be obvious but to often is not, that each today, each hour and minute, is worth cherishing. So, they bought the dog and were ready to start happy and carefree life with the pet, but no such luck. The story begins with John’s memories of his childhood, when his father bought him a cute little dog he named Saint Shaun, as the dog was that kind of pet, who perfectly fit in the family, was the best friend to little John, who was a kind of wonder for the guests of the Grogans.

John trained Marley no matter how long it took or how much he had to restart, he made sure Marley was trained and knew what and how to act infront of company even just in their house with John and his wife and kids. His character wasn’t childish; he seriously and carefully accepted Marley’s death, and showed fully adult fidelity to the dog.

He grew up into a huge and beefy dog, and the passers-by, guests and neighbors of the Grogans began to dread him. It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them. He was awfully disobedient, there was no minute when he’d be calm and quite, he was eating everything he saw: gold chain, shoes, curtains, kilograms of mangoes, plastic soldier, gum, towels, sponges, socks, napkins and many other interesting things.

The deal I had struck with Jenny when I agreed to come here was that we would check the pups out, ask some questions, and keep an open mind as to whether we were ready to bring home a dog ‘This is the first ad we’re answering’ I had said.

He taught me to appreciate the simple things- a walk in the woods, a fresh snowfall, a nap in a shaft of winter sunlight. God will send you help when in times of need, you won’t believe it because sometimes the help could be a four-legged mammal. Marley reaches adolescence and it’s clear that he’s not the ideal specimen of purebred Labrador disposition and character, and likely never will be.