Duke's Dog
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Re: Duke's Dog
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I think you made a good point on Duke not wanting to get too attached to the dog. I've also seen others comment about how it's a way to showcase Duke's fun personality as well. I think both serve to be true, but in naming the dog, he still get emotionally attached to her, even if it's as silly as "Girl Dog." I have family/friends that have named their animals weird names, like D-O-G (DeeOhGee) for their dog, Little Cat for their kitty, and I have a cat named Kat, though his brother is named Kit...so not really the same. Anyway, my point is, if you name something, you're going to form some sort of attachment to it.
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Having said that, Duke's personality also has to come into play when he named his dog. My view is that he sort of kept postponing getting a name for it, making do with the temporary name "girl dog" meanwhile. Well, the temporary name stuck. That's my view of how the dog's name came to be, though I do respect the view of those that suggest that he was hesitant to name her because of attachment issues.
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Yeah, that is because Duke is a Mary Sue. Everything he says is funny even when it isn't, everything he does has no real consequence and only makes him more famous. The dude never finished school but somehow got his G.E.D in jail and also attended Julliard and the author calls him word for word "The most educated person in prison". He is just a poorly written Mary Sue in my opinion.
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