With the use of similes, the author demonstrates how animals deserve their own rights as much as humans do. After the departure of Jem, Dog Monday wants to stay at the station and wait for him. But he is forced to leave is vigil and head home with Walter. After three days of staying at home, the narrator says, “Monday went on a hunger strike and howled like a banshee night and day.” (Montgomery 02) The link made between Dog Monday and a banshee, is meant to represent the distress Dog Monday is in, wailing and shrieking like a banshee. Forcing him out of his vigil is what caused this, he is…