Beard Response

The ending to this particular essay is not at all what I would have guessed. Jo Ann is this lonely character who's husband is currently trying to divorce her but at the same time is constantly asking her if he's doing the right thing. That alone is enough to make someone depressed but on top of that one of her dogs is dieing and seems to be in a tremendous amount of pain throughout the essay. She can't stand on her own accord, she urinates on a blanket which Jo must constantly wash over and over just for the dog to do it again, and to top it all off, Jo's friends want her to euthanize the dog so it's pain may cease. All of this is enough to make anyone depressed. How could things possibly get worse? Well, Jo finds out just how they can when Gang Lu, her co-worker, goes on a massacre. Totally not what I had originally expected from the author, but that was one hell of a way to grab someone's attention, and fast. I enjoyed this piece quite a bit.