Part 2 Charlie Giles: Ancient dog symbolism

I think that on page 37 there is lots of symbolism going on with the ancient dog. It is obvious the dog lives a lazy life, and I think he could symbolize lots of the lives on the ranch. It is pretty obvious because whenever we encounter him in the story he is always laying down, and when Curly walked into the room he just put his head up and slowly put it back down to rest. This could relate to many people on the ranch. For example, all the boss does is tell people what to do and watches them do it without doing any real work himself. However, I think that the dog could possibly symbolize one more thing, and that is the sad and uneventful life the people on the ranch have. From what we have seen so far on the ranch is all frowns and no real happy times. We might have heard about some good times they had, but overall there has been no real excitement on the ranch. On page 37 the dog walks in the room and lays down, but when the door opened his head shoot up almost as if something eventful might happen. However when he saw Curly standing at the door his head went right back down and he started to relax as usual. I think that all these uneventful moments that are going on in the book could possibly lead to a big surprise soon or maybe towards the finish of the novel.