Bibliographic information:King, Stephen (1992) The Sun Dog (The Penguin Group, New York, New York).Setting:This story is set in the town of Castle Rock, Oregon . Most of the book takes place in the main characters' neighborhood and in the store where the camera was purchased. In history it is the month of September. The story begins on September 15, 1997. The way the time period is associated with the main character is that September 15 is his birthday. So the story begins in the setting of a 15 year old boy's birthday party. The other main setting that changes the most is the setting of the photos taken by the main character. This setting is important to the story because it is constantly changing and the story revolves around these changes. Character: The main character of the story, who is the protagonist, is a boy named Kevin Delevan. The antagonists of this story are the owner of the shop where the camera was purchased and the dog that appears in the photos taken by the main character. Some of the other characters featured in the story are his father, Mr. Delevan, his mother, Mrs. Delevan, his sister Meg Delevan, the owner of the store where the Pop Merrill camera was purchased. This affects all the important characters in the book. Theme: The story begins with Kevin's birthday party, at his birthday party Kevin receives a camera from his family. A few days later Kevin discovers that the camera isn't working properly. At first, every time he took a photo, the same thing always came out. It was a large black dog running in front of a white fence. Then Kevin and his father argue about whether or not to keep the camera, Kevin decides to keep it. The next day Kevin takes the camera to Pop Merrill, the man who owns the store where the camera was purchased. Pop tells Kevin to bring the camera back in the morning and he'll take a look at it. So Kevin goes home and gets the idea to try three other brands of film to see if that changed anything. He took five photos a piece with each film, all of which came out like the dog photo.