{"id":13529,"date":"2014-01-28T13:55:00","date_gmt":"2014-01-28T21:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.philosophyforchildren.org\/black-dog\/"},"modified":"2014-01-28T13:55:00","modified_gmt":"2014-01-28T21:55:00","slug":"black-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plato-philosophy.org\/black-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Dog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2Ha9wXLRKLA\/UugTutu_erI\/AAAAAAAAAuA\/eR43zP4d5SI\/s1600\/Unknown.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-2Ha9wXLRKLA\/UugTutu_erI\/AAAAAAAAAuA\/eR43zP4d5SI\/s1600\/Unknown.jpeg\" height=\"320\" width=\"249\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Levi Pinfold&#8217;s <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0763660973\/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=211189&amp;creative=373489&amp;creativeASIN=0763660973&amp;link_code=as3&amp;tag=wondephilo-20\">Black Dog<\/a> <\/i>tells the story of a black dog that arrives outside a family&#8217;s home one morning.&nbsp;The father in the family wakes up first and calls the police, reporting that, \u201cThere\u2019s a black dog the size of a tiger outside my house!\u201d The police officer tells him not to go outside. The mother wakes up next, and yells to her husband that, \u201cThere\u2019s a black dog the size of an elephant outside!\u201d One by one, the other family members wake up and cower at the sight of the huge black dog.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Finally, the youngest member of the family, called Small (\u201cfor short\u201d) wakes up and sees that her whole family is hiding from the black dog. \u201cYou are such sillies,\u201d she says, and opens the front door to confront the black dog.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--dt_4rbZ_fU\/UugYDK7es7I\/AAAAAAAAAuQ\/C07m1nF0moU\/s1600\/photo.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/--dt_4rbZ_fU\/UugYDK7es7I\/AAAAAAAAAuQ\/C07m1nF0moU\/s1600\/photo.jpg\" height=\"262\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">Small then starts running, telling the black dog that if he&#8217;s going to eat her, he has to catch her first. The dog follows her, appearing to shrink along the way. By the end of the chase, the dog, no longer looking very big, follows Small into the house. The family members all notice that the dog &#8220;was neither as huge nor as scary as they had feared,&#8221; and they comment about how brave Small had been to face up to the dog.&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">&#8220;There was nothing to be scared of, you know,&#8221; replied Small.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-EIQ0tM9DDtY\/UugUW6BnqDI\/AAAAAAAAAuM\/rDHNjfKHAhw\/s1600\/images.jpeg\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-EIQ0tM9DDtY\/UugUW6BnqDI\/AAAAAAAAAuM\/rDHNjfKHAhw\/s1600\/images.jpeg\" height=\"298\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">The story is philosophically interesting in a variety of ways, involving questions about ethics, metaphysics and epistemology, among others. Was Small brave to confront the dog? Did she see him differently than the rest of her family saw him? Why did Small believe that there was nothing to be scared of? Does bravery mean not being afraid?&nbsp;<\/span>What makes us afraid?&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">What is the connection between bravery and fear? Can the way we see things change them? Can it change us?<\/span><\/div>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Levi Pinfold&#8217;s Black Dog tells the story of a black dog that arrives outside a family&#8217;s home one morning.&nbsp;The father in the family wakes up first and calls the police, reporting that, \u201cThere\u2019s a black dog the size of a tiger outside my house!\u201d The police officer tells him not to go outside. 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