Hospitality of a prison cell - A full- Service Shelter by Amy Hempel

The author Amy Hempel in the short story “A Full-Service Shelter” explores the theme of mistreatment and neglect of animals in the shelter which reveals the inhumane conditions that result from poor care and bad hospitality. She does so by using literary devices like similes and repetition. Dogs and many other animals are often mistreated when staying in shelters. The bad hospitality provided should be a crime. Although it is rarely the caretakers and volunteers fault, the system is set up in a way where these animals are basically living in prison cells. The author repeats multiple times…