The Choking doberman

Title: The Choking doberman
Category: Literature / English | Words: 424 | Pages: 1.8 (approximately 235 words/page)

The Choking doberman

My Analysis The Choking Doberman by Jan Harold Brunvand; is a collection of urban legends and their meanings and/or origins. It discusses various urban legends and there apparent meanings. Each chapter provides several versions of a single legend and several other related legends, along with Brunvand’s synopsis of each and quotes from people he surveyed. Jan Harold Brunvand (1933-present) was born in Cadillac, Michigan. He received his PhD in Language Arts at Indiana …showed first 75 words of 424 total…

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…showed last 75 words of 424 total…is such a flavorless representation of American Folklore. He also dwells on the “Choking Doberman” for several chapters (talk about overkill). For instance, in a chapter about automobiles and RVs, Brunvand states: “Seldom is it possible to bring together the amount of evidence I found to show that “The Choking Doberman” is an old legendary theme…” (1) That makes the book repetitive and turns away many readers. Brunvand just didn’t make sense in doing that.

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