Just by reading the first line of the story, it is known that David Bezmogis uses very mature language. "Goldfinch was flapping clotheslines, a tenement delirious with striving. 6030 Bathurst: insomniac, scheming Odessa." He keeps it an easy story to read that flows nicely with developed language.
The point of view is from the child being much older because the past tense is being used. He reminisces on the times he spent with Tapka and his cousin. The voice that is used is much more mature than a seven year old would use.
How the story was introduced, I was not expecting it to be about a dog. Maybe it would be about the child and cousin or even the Nahumovskys, who knows. But no, it was about a dog. This was an interesting choice because a dog is something that is so simple but he turned it into a story.
The story didn't seem to have any negative parts until the end. The boy and his cousin were able to take care of their neighbor's dog at a young age which gave them a sense of responsibility that most young kids couldn't handle. They took care of Tapka every day while walking it to the park and back to their house. The sad part, which had to happen, came at the end when everything was happy and nothing was going wrong.
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