The semiotic Analysis in The story “ The End of Candy’s Dog

1.      SIGNIFIER AND SIGNIFY

Ø  The signifier in that story is a dog.

Ø  The signify are :

·         loyalty

·         Guardian

·         Inteligence

·         Friendly

2.      Narrative scheme

-          Candy came in to his bunk with his old dog to sleep in.

-          Carlson came and was annoyed at the bad smell of Candy’s old dog.

-          Carlson offered himself  to shoot Candy’s dog.

-          Candy tried to refuse that because he had his dog since he was a puppy.

-          Carlson took out his pistol and put in his trouser pocket.

-          Candy wished that there had been anyone who helped him to save his doog.

-          Carlson tied the rope round the old dog’s neck and he followed towards the door.

-          A shot sounded in the distance.

-          Candy slowly rolled over, faced the wall and lay silent.

3.      Opposition

Candy	Carlson
lovely It is showed when Candy tried many times to avoid Carlson shot his dog.	Cruel It stated in paragraph 9. Carlson said, “ i’ll shoot him for you, then you won’t have to do it.

Reality	Dream
No help came	Candy dreams if there is anyone who helped him to stop Carlson shot his dog.
Carlson shot his dog at that time	Candy asked Carlson to shoot his dog tomorrow.