In the short story “Dog Monday’s Vigil”, Lucy Maud Montgomery depicts the theme of advocating for animal welfare using the dog’s inner conflict due to his owner leaving. His loyalty and emotional awareness created an inner conflict which led the readers to an understanding that dogs can feel the way humans do. In the story, readers can see how Dog Monday is extremely emotionally developed. It is mentioned that “Monday went on a hunger strike and howled like a banshee night and day” (Montgomery,636). This quote shows that when Dog Monday could not wait for his owner, he chose to protest in…