Author: Daniel Pinkwater
Plot Summary: Jacob and his dog, Max, decide to change places for a day. Max will live as a human child and Jacob will try out life as a dog. They each partake of the pleasures and frustrations of the others’ life, until returning to their usual roles. In the end, they both decide that being a dog is better than being a human.
Posted In: Ethics, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Childhood
Plot Summary: Jacob and his dog, Max, decide to change places for a day. Max will live as a human child and Jacob will try out life as a dog. They each partake of the pleasures and frustrations of the others’ life, until returning to their usual roles. In the end, they both decide that being a dog is better than being a human.
Posted In: Ethics, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Childhood
Discussion Questions
- What are the benefits and downsides to being a human?
- What are the benefits and downsides to being a dog?
- Max and Jacob decide that being a dog is better than being a human. Does that seem right to you?
- Are all dogs’ lives the same? Are all humans’ lives the same?
- If you could live someone else’s life for a day, whose would you pick? Why?
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