Why Should Prince Be Considered A Pacifist?

This passage develops the character of Prince. Firstly, he is revealed to be a pacifist. As a dog with canine and vicious instincts, it is ironic for Prince to be unwilling to dominate other dogs, but still, he prefers not to subdue other dogs. He does not avoid dominating dogs because he cannot dominate other dogs, he knows how to defend himself, but instead because he prefers to share his language. Prince prefers peaceful sharing of ideas to violence. Also, he acknowledges that being defeated in a violet fight does not help spread his ideas. Prince acknowledges that violence will not accomplish his goal of spreading his language no matter the result. He swears off of violence. Thus, he is a pacifist. Additionally, Prince’s open-mindedness to the new ways of thinking is emphasized once more. Not only does he write poems, but now he wishes to share the new ways and language to other
Prince’s goal is to spread his way of thinking and his language. He has the power to dominate dogs and force them to follow him because he knows how to fight and defend himself, but he does not use violence. He acknowledges the futility of violence to conform others. He knows that those who dominate him are poor listeners because they are too preoccupied with mounting him and asserting dominance. It is impossible to conform someone to an idea when he will not listen. Also, he cannot teach those he dominated. Those that are dominated will wish to flee their attacker. So if Prince attacks a dog and dominates, the dog will flee before conforming to Prince’s idea. He recognizes that violence is not the way to reach his objective of conforming the other dog to his new idea of thinking. Thus, he recognizes that he must avoid violent situations if he hopes to get anywhere. He must find another strategy other than violence to spread his