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In the beginning of the novel 'Two Wolves' by Tristan Bancks Olive labels her dad as a wolf by calling him Maugrim the evil wolf from the lion, the witch and the wardrobe on page 14. This shows us that Olive has labelled dad as a wolf from the start whereas Ben thought he looked rat like on page 12. He has trouble making his decision and changes it all throughout the novel, but we know that for a 13 year old life is more complicated than a 7 year old where it is all about them. 7 year olds don't really care about the feelings of others and 13 years olds care more about people's feelings so Ben doesn't say to dad what he thinks. In the middle of the novel Ben thought that dad looked more like a rat today. Again he didn't say this out loud like Olive would. On page 121 Ben has a dream about a wolf. He said that the wolf had his fathers eyes implying that Ben thinks he is a wolf. When Ben and olive are locked in the cabin together on page 133 Olive suggests that their parents are dirty dogs. This means that she didn't stay exactly the same all throughout the book but dog is really close to a wolf and some people do call wolves dogs so olive does keep quite consistent throughout the book but not perfectly consistent. During this Ben starts making dirty dogs his motto to get the energy to cut the hole in the floor of the cabin so Ben now thinks that dad is also a dog. …show more content…

Like a a wolf chasing a rabbit on page 159 this is a simile meaning that dad is really fast at running and Ben isn't as fast so dad could chase him down. This is another time where Ben thinks that dad is a wolf but then on page 268 Ben says that dad looked like a defeated? Dog. This means that Ben changed his mind

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