Brief Analysis Of Eva Smith's 'Captains Dog'

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Carter Perron
Mrs. Warwick
Language Arts 8-5
16 March 2015 As hundreds of armed Indians line upon the shore, our own captain Clark sword drawn at the very chest of one of the three Indian chiefs. Seaman a big, black new found-land dog joins the captain Meriwether Lewis on a path across the America’s to find the Pacific Ocean. Smith author of “Captains Dog” accurately portrays the Lewis and Clark expedition, especially when he describes Sergeant Floyd’s death; and how Sacajawea’s baby Jean Baptist affected the crew’s mood; and finally smith enology’s how life threatening the Teton Sioux were during this expedition. Sergeant Floyd’s death had a major impact on the expedition, mostly by how young and healthy he was when he suddenly died.