What is the narrator's point of view about dogs? Use evidence from the passage to support your answer.
Please write your answer in complete sentences.
Ever since I was a boy, the bark of a dog was like the smell of food to a hungry man. It seemed every night, I would dream of following my hound into the woods to hunt game. I imagined the day when other boys would envy me because of the pure-bred canines by my side.
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Answer:
hy mark me as a brainliest
Explanation:
The dog at once jumped
off the bank and in a few
seconds reached the child
and caught it firmly. Then
he turned to swim back,
but the swift-flowing
water had got hold of
him. Bravely he struggled
and lifted the child out
of the water but his
powerful efforts to stem
the current were in vain.
Each moment he was
carried still further down
until he was on the brink of
the fall, which, though not
high, was the most
dangerous on the river. He raised himself high out of the stream with the vigour of his last
struggle and then fell over into the abyss.
By this time the poor mother, as if she had anticipated the result, was already in a canoe, as
close to the fall as it was possible for her to go with safety. The canoe danced like a cockle-shell
on the turmoil of waters as the mother stood with uplifted paddle and staring eyeballs awaiting
the reappearance of the child.
The dog came up instantly but alone, for the
dash over the fall had wrenched the child from
his grasp. He looked around eagerly for a moment
and then caught sight of a little hand raised above
the boiling flood. In one moment he had hold
of the child again, and, just as the prow of the
mother’s canoe touched the shore, he brought the
child to land.
The mother sprang to the spot, snatched the
child from him and gazed in anguish on its
deathlike face. Then she laid her cheek on its cold
breast and stood motionless. After a few moments
she was conscious of some slight movement in the
little body and a gentle motion of the hand. The
child still lived! Opening up her blanket she drew
the covering close around the child, and sitt
Here you go..
It is evident from the passage that the narrator loved dogs. He's a cynophilist.
Dogs were dear to him as food is to hungry man. He dreamt of following his hound into the woods and the other boys were jealous of him for the wonderful hound he had, it clearly proves that he loved his dog to death, he's passionate about his hound and was proud to have/own him.
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