Questioning Human Superiority in "Dog Monday's Vigil"

Through the main character, Monday, the story suggests that humans may not be superior to other species. This is illustrated in the narrator’s description of Monday and through dialogue. For example, the narrator notes that Monday has a loving heart with a look “that was nearer akin to a soul than any theologian would allow” (Montgomery 635). A theologian is someone who studies the nature of divine and religious belief, and to assume one would say Monday is as close to a soul as you can get, reveals that Monday is possibly spiritually superior. Moreover, the dialogue supports this main idea…