The Sentry by Tea\' Obreht

The short bosh The sc surface brings somewhat strong themes much(prenominal) as jealousy, dominance, family relations and post-traumatic emphasise disorder. It tells a strange story ab come forward a boys childhood. When Bojan glum 10 his bring forth re flecked rest home from the front with a mastiff called Kaiser. premier of Bojan was very exited about having a dog because he never had one before. But later on some time it turns out that the dog had some unsafe problems Within its start-off month at their house, the dog had killed twain of the neighborhoods alley cats(p.2,l.31) At first Bojan does not know how to postponement Kaiser but after some time he disc overs that Kaiser counterbalance very strongly when he starts reloading and emptying the chamber of the gun. unmatchable day where Bojan was tormenting Kaiser again his paternity discovered him Is that how its done? his scram said.(p.5,l.131) His father pulls out a chair and says sit to Bojan and he immedia tely sits. Bojans father starts belatedly reloading a gun privy him, and few seconds later a blast went off chastise behind his ear, and the mastiff fell to the stand and rumpled into the carpet and died.\n\nThe master(prenominal) character of the story is Bojan. Bojan was 11, shy, and yet then he love music, the only boy at his school eagerly schooling piano.(p.4,l.99) Bojan is not very familiar and often gets bullied: On the course home one afternoon, some boys from a few blocks over wolf-packed him in the park. (p.4,l.101) Through out Bojans childhood he has endlessly been different and he is awake(predicate) that he is different. He would admire for years whether everybody knew how he would turn out, whether there was something about him that revealed itself to battalion who could just feel those things (p.4,l.96)\n\nBojans father also plays an important role. afterwards his return from the front it is straightforward that his father suffers form post-traumatic a ccentuate disorder. He seems very removed(p) and most of the time he stays for himself. The mastiff fol...