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The Half Husky
The short story, “The Half Husky” written by, Margaret Laurence, it clearly shows character change. Three primary characters, Harvey, a boy who has been through an abusive family and is always trying to get into trouble. Vanessa, a young girl growing up in a lovely home and Nanuk, A half husky dog that was picked up by Vanessa and brought into her home. They go through some drastic change in the story showing how a person's influence can change the way you act. I’m going to be talking about Vanessa and how she fills up with hate Because of Harvey and how Harvey take out his anger on Nanuk because of an abusive household. Also about Nanuk going from good to bad just like that. This leads me to the conclusion that, Laurence suggests that the influence individuals have in environment will affect the respect given to those around them, resulting in broken relationships.
Harvey Shinwell, A heavy boy at the age of 16, He has colourless eyebrows and a pallid mottled face. He was the paperboy, and after every …show more content…
She is always loved and cared for even if it's not through obvious signs of affection. Despite Vanessa's loving family she undergoes some changes in the story that are pretty harsh. Although Harvey is consistently beating on Nanuk and making the poop puppies life miserable she says some lines like. “My rage would spin into a fantasy,” And “Sometimes i just let Harvey drowned.” She is dreaming and wanting harvey to basically die a very horrible death. This was all because of what harvey did to Nanuk and the abuse his family had on him. To add the all of this she is always talking about how she wants to hurt him and make him pay for what he did to Nanuk. “ i wanted to injure him... In any way available.” Vanessa became ten times more abusive when harvey stated to beat on Nanuk and because of it, it could potentially hurt others around

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