By demonstrating that animals, like Dog Monday, can feel and express emotions like people, the story “Dog Monday’s Vigil” invites readers to extend moral care to them. Dog Monday’s character encourages the readers to extend moral consideration for dogs since Monday is loyal, patient and persevering when it comes to waiting for his owner to come back from war. Dog Monday does not give up after not seeing his owner for years and Monday is still as loyal to Jem as he was when Jem was around. “Three years went by–three years that seemed as long as an ordinary lifetime. Dog Monday, grown old and…