To begin with, “Dog Monday’s Vigil” utilizes characterization to encourage animal welfare and animal rights through the use of the character of Dog Monday. The community of Ingleside holds the plain dog in high regard, and as they take the dog's feelings and emotions to heart. When Jem Blythe, the dogs master, and Walter prepare to embark on their journey towards the warfront at the local train station, a bystander, Mrs. Meredith makes an empathetic remark towards the bereft dog: “I can’t bear that dog’s eyes.” (Montgomery 635) Eyes are a particularly sacred element of humankind, through…