The revealing of white dog was shown at firs just to be an ordinary dog and then becomes much more. The first time White Dog appeared and Sam didn’t know what to think but then he slowly grows an attachment for White Dog. At the beginning of the book, Sam is mourning the death of his wife Cora. When Cora dies, Sam feels the same most would feel when loosing someone that they really loved. Then White Dog comes into his life. At first the dog is shy and reluctant to interact with Sam. But she is also persistent and refuses to be scare

When Sam would see White Dog he would feel a sort of gut feeling that White Dog was Cora. One time in particular, Sam tries to bake a batch of biscuits. He had watched Cora do it hundreds of times and thinks it will be easy. White Dog watches him make his biscuits and just stares. “Don’t think I know what I’m doing, do ya”(58). He just keeps talking to White Dog as he makes his biscuits saying the ingredients out loud help him remember what’s in them. “Can’t be that hard to make biscuits”(59). Sam seemed to know all of the ingredients but maybe just not the right amount. White Dog stood and watched as she tilted her head with curiosity. The biscuits turn out to be inedible. He tries to feed one of them to White Dog but she just walks away. He remarks that Cora would have laughed, or probably scowled at him for that, just like White Dog did.

Sam discovers that he has cancer and his children decide to take turns staying with him to care for him. As soon as his oldest daughter moves in, White Dog disappears and never returns. At the end of the story, Sam is on his deathbed talking to his youngest son, James. He tells James that White Dog is really Cora. Sam says, “White Dog. It

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