Loyalty is a dog's most loved trait, which is why they have become man's most common companion. Dog Monday is the perfect example of how strong a dog’s loyalty really is, and how far it actually goes. This is shown the most when Jem boarded the train to war. His family began walking home and noticed that Dog Monday had been left behind. Shirley realizes this and walks back where “He found Dog Monday curled up in the shipping shed near the station and tried to coax him home.”(Montgomery 635) To his surprise “Dog Monday would not move. He wagged his tail to show he held no hard feelings, but…