A Dark Brown Dog Summary

A Dark Brown Dog by Stephen Crane

 

This is the sad but powerful story of an abused dog which finds a friend in a very young child who protects it and start a nice friend relashionship. They meet while the young boy is leaning a fence and the dark brown dog walks along the sidewalk. After playing with the dog, the boy leaves it there, but the dog follows him. The boy adopts the dog and takes it home. The boy is also abused in his household by the parents. The story ends tragically when the father of the boy kills the dog.

 

Stephen Crane

 

One of America's most influential realist writers, Stephen Crane, born in New Jersey on November 1st, 1871, produced works that have been credited with establishing the foundations of modern American naturalism. His Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage (1895) realistically depicts the psychological complexities of battlefield emotion and has become a literary classic. He is also known for authoring Maggie: A Girl of the Streets. He died at the age of 28 on June 5, 1900 in Germany.