The similarities between Gretchen and McClusky's dog are really sad to even think about. So the main one is that they both get beat by their parent through out the novel. Another one is that Cal feels bad for both of them and he wants to help them in anyway he can. They both also have opportunitites to get out, but choose not to which I thought was really interesting especially with Gretchen.
The differences between Gretchen and McClusky's dog are that McClusky's dog gets out of his terrible home. McClusky's dog had no choice to stay with his owner because the only way he could get out would be for someone to open the gate and let him out, Gretchen on the oher could leave her house whenever she wanted to.
The differences between Gretchen and McClusky's dog are that McClusky's dog gets out of his terrible home. McClusky's dog had no choice to stay with his owner because the only way he could get out would be for someone to open the gate and let him out, Gretchen on the oher could leave her house whenever she wanted to.