To Dance With The White Dog Character Analysis

Senior citizens face many daily challenges. These challenges can include financial challenges, mental challenges, and chronic diseases. Sam Peake faces many challenges in the movie, To Dance with the White Dog. The challenges he faces include, the death of his wife, his inability to care for his olive trees, and his daughters worrying about leaving Sam alone. Despite these challenges, Sam overcomes all of them. In this movie, Mister Sam Peake loses his wife of fifty-seven years. After Cora’s death, a white dog mysteriously appears on Sam’s porch and sticks by his side. The dog reminds Sam of the first dog he had with Cora, Frosty. Sam forms a bond with the white dog, even dancing with her using his walker. After an eventful trip to
Sam loses his wife, his ability to care for his olive trees, and Sam’s daughters become worried about leaving him alone. Mister Sam loves his olive trees but can no longer cut the branches on his own. To fix this problem, Sam enlists the help of his grandsons. When Sam loses Cora, he tries to adjust and become independent, he even tries to make biscuits without her. Although it is hard to adjust to life without his wife of over fifty years, the white dog helps to bring Sam closure. Sam’s adult daughters become worried about Sam. Sam values his independence, but his daughters smother him. He decides to take a trip to Madison with only the white dog despite the concern of his daughters. Finally, on his trip home from Madison, Sam drives into the fjord and falls in. To save his life, the white dog runs up to the road and gets the attention of James. Meanwhile, Sam holds onto a tree to keep from drowning and ends up getting ill. Seniors face many day to day challenges, much like the ones Sam Peake faces. In the real world, the challenges faced by seniors may be simple, such as worrying about if there is enough money for them to get by or when they need to take their medications. Many don’t get the chance to be with loved ones that have passed, unlike Sam, and To Dance with the White Dog was a remarkable love story between two people who spent fifty seven years together before Sam joined the white