Saturday, September 8, 2012

Blog Post #1



Title: Marley&Me
Author: John Grogan
     Marley&Me by John Gorgan is about John and Jenny, two love couples who is now married and living their life together. No one knows that after they brought Marley (a yellow lab puppy) home, everything changes. To be exact problems emerged.
     Marley grew up to be a 97pound Labrador retriever. He cause many problems such as crashing through the screen door, eat jewelries and couches, jumping out of cars, and more. Life for Jenny and John was full with drama. Eventually they decided to send Marley to an Obedience school, but he was expelled on the first day. Even so, John did not give up on Marley.
    After having two baby boys, Jenny let out all the angers on John and Marley. So when Marley wrecked open the couch cushions, she lost her temper. “I mean it,” she said. “I’m done with that dog. You find him a new home, or I will.” The book said. Jenny seriously wants Marley out of the house, but John doesn’t. “I was not ready to give up on him”the book states. With all the stress Jenny is under, he couldn’t possible talk her out; so John hatched a plan to train Marley to be a better dog and to prove Jenny that he was worthy of it. John trained Marley to Sit, Stay, Down, Heel, and Over. And at last Jenny accepted Marley and he was reenrolled in to Obedience school. All of these show that no matter how undisciplined, how recalcitrant he was, John did not give up on him.

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