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To Dance With The White Dog

When one is young in age, it is important for him or her to have a caretaker. It is important because there are many things that one cannot do at a young age, such as feeding or dressing one's self. In contrast, there are also many things that one cannot do at an old age, such as being the breadwinner of a family or going to the bathroom on one's own. In both stages of life one is usually helpless and dependent on others. This is why old age is usually considered one's second childhood. In the movie To Dance with the White Dog, Sam Peek had a hard time adjusting to his second childhood. He did not like the fact that he eventually would have to rely on his children Kate and Carrie to take care of him. …show more content…

The only person he ever relied on to help him out was Cora. Whenever Sam would have sharp pains in his hip, Cora would be the one to fetch the medicine for him. Sam would make sure that Cora had her medicine for her heart on her at all times and would remind her to take them. His daughter?s would also try to talk to him like he was a five year old. They thought that he was unable to comprehend everything they were saying. Another thing that little kids and old people have in common is their vivid imaginations. Shortly after Cora died, Sam found a stray white dog hanging out on his property. The white dog became his companion and went with him everywhere. The white dog would not show herself to anyone but Sam and this annoyed Kate and Carrie. They believed that the dog was a figment of their dad?s imagination and the only reason why he was seeing things that did not exist was because he missed Cora, their mom. Kate and Carrie started to pretend to see the white dog and it got on their dad?s nerves. Sam eventually decided to mess with his daughter?s heads for kicks and giggles. So whenever they were around he would pretend white dog was around to freak out them out.

Late one night, Sam was having trouble with his hip. He got up to get his medicine and fell to the floor shortly after. The pain was so severe that he could not move at all. The white dog started to run around in the yard to

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