Sunday, May 20, 2012

The Art Of Racing in the Rain

I just finished reading The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein.  Throughout the book there are many different situations that pop up in Denny's life. For example Enzo had been right all along, Eve hit her head and had to go to the hospital, when she got there they found a tumor in her head. From then on it was a continuous struggle with Eve. While all this is going on Denny is going through a lot of legal troubles, Eves parents are fighting for full custody of Zoë and Eves cousin is charging Denny of something he did not do. By the end of the book everything ends up going Denny's way, he keeps custody of Zoë and Eve's cousin drops the charges. Denny ends up getting a really good job offer in Italy and takes it. Throughout the book Enzo talks about how dog is the stage before human, and God decides once a dog dies if they are ready to become a human, if they are that dog keeps the same traits and always finds his way back to his owner. At the end of the book Enzo had to be put down, but when Denny got to Italy he met a man named Enzo. He had very similar traits to both Denny and Enzo and that showed how much a dog can really love his owner.

1 comment:

  1. That seems like a really good book. Its a really interesting idea that dogs can become people after they die. Its always so sad when there are dog books and the dog dies at the end but that seems like a really sweet meaningful ending.

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