Year Of The Dog Analysis

The comedy-drama film “Year of the Dog” is indeed an inspirational one to me. It introduced the main character name Peggy Spade who is an average office assistant that has a difficult time fitting in with others around her. Peggy’s quirky personality made her bond more with her dog Pencil, resulting in the lack of her social life. This film depicts how the lost of Peggy’s dog led to her discovery of her own vocation on being an animal activist and opens up opportunities of romance as a replacement of her lose. Watching “Year of the Dog” made me reflect upon myself in areas such as my intellect, sensibility, and my deep conscience that helped me learned more about myself throughout the movie.

There are a couple of things that I noticed from …show more content…
It has to do with the critical scene of when Peggy’s dog Pencil, was rushed to the vet because he was whimpering in pain caused by toxic poisoning. I remembered that during this specific scene, I felt an overwhelming sense of sorrow. There was an automatic flashback of my past where I saw my puppy Pepsi suffering through the same pain when he was at his last stage before passing away. For some reason, the same pain I felt back then during that moment escalated, which brought me to tears. I noticed how my body responded to the pain by the fact that all of my energy of the day disappeared, making me feel depressed. Although the condolence that Peggy’s friend Layla gave her taught a great lesson on being hopeful. She said “ Maybe your dog died so your love life could Live – maybe this is fate and is all for the best”. Her thoughts on the matter allowed me to understand the importance of how everything happens for a reason according to the Lord. And it was evident in the movie when the loss of Pencil opened the door for Peggy to be more socially active and even let her experience some romance in her life. It was definitely a heart-breaking part of the film to witnessed Peggy’s dog passing away, especially because it provoke the emotions of despair when I think about it even till …show more content…
I came to realize later on in the movie that Peggy was able to find her vocation after the loss of Pencil, which developed over the course of her new friendship that brought to her attention on the importance of an animal cruel-free diet. From there, Peggy began to rethink about her decision of supporting such things that has to do with harming animals and it led to her making the decision to become a vegan and an animal activist. Her strong belief on how animals should be protected was all due to her experiences of witnessing the wrong treatments they were getting at the shelters and around the world. I was mesmerized by Peggy’s huge decision towards the end to abandon everything and follow her inner voice to go protest for her love of animals. It’s her deep conscience that led her to recognize what she was called to do in her life. Personally during that last scene, I heard my own deep conscience, the “voice” that convinced me to keep following my love for nursing even though it seems challenging at the moment. I learned from Peggy that listening to your deep conscience will prevent you from regretting later on because you are doing it for what you love – its your being, the identity of who you are. My love for nursing will never fade, and I became even more determined to reach my dream career after this.

In conclusion, after watching “Year of the