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I remember reading this in high school and everyone gasped when the dog dies (spoiler alert for ~2500 year old story) yet took all the gory human deaths in the same chapter in stride.

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Ever watch John Wick? The guy goes on a murder rampage for a dead dog (and as an audience member, I find myself oddly rooting for Wick).

It's a movie and he's the protagonist, I don't think it's very odd at all for you to root for him...

Well, me neither, but it's not like it's a different principle than is at work in the Odyssey.

Sure, but the dog was also a memento of the recently departed Mrs. Wick, so it wasn't just about puppicide.

Yes, well, that's the magic of getting to tell the story -- you get to decide which deaths your audience cares about.

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