Arthur is an ordinary brown dog nobody wants to buy from the
pet shop. He tries to be every other animal in the shop yet he’s still overlooked
for the snakes, birds, and rabbits. He realises in the end that he’s a dog and
he accepts that fact.
This story is analysed through the ABC Theory of Emotional
Disturbance lens as per the Have a Go Spaghettio! Success Helper approach to
psychological, emotional, and behavioural wellbeing.
The ABC theory offers a way of considering the emotional and
behavioural dispositions of characters and how they relate to thinking or
perception of events. Children can think about what’s happening to a third
party and make connections to their own lives. So Have a Go Spaghettio!
