The following text is from Milan Kundera's 1984 novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being (translated by Michael Henry Heim in 1984). Karenin is a dog that belongs to Tomas and Tereza.
Karenin was not overjoyed by the move to Switzerland [from Prague]. Karenin hated change. Dog time cannot be plotted along a straight line; it does not move on and on, from one thing to the next. It moves in a circle like the hands of a clock, which—they, too, unwilling to dash madly ahead—turn round and round the face, day in and day out following the same path. In Prague, when Tomas and Tereza bought a new chair or moved a flower pot, Karenin would look on in displeasure. It disturbed his sense of time. It was as though they were trying to dupe the hands of the clock by changing the numbers on its face.
©1984 by Milan Kundera. Translation ©1984 by Harper & Row, Publishers, Inc.

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The following text is from Milan Kundera's 1984 novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being (translated by Michael Henry Heim in 1984). Karenin is a dog that belongs to Tomas and Tereza.

Karenin was not overjoyed by the move to Switzerland [from Prague]. Karenin hated change. Dog time cannot be plotted along a straight line; it does not move on and on, from one thing to the next. It moves in a circle like the hands of a clock, which—they, too, unwilling to dash madly ahead—turn round and round the face, day in and day out following the same path. In Prague, when Tomas and Tereza bought a new chair or moved a flower pot, Karenin would look on in displeasure. It disturbed his sense of time. It was as though they were trying to dupe the hands of the clock by changing the numbers on its face.

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As a dog, Karenin possesses a sense of time that involves a strong preference for predictability and an aversion to disruption.

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After he's moved to a new home, Karenin's negative response to changes has become more pronounced.

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Similar to Tomas and Tereza, Karenin comprehends time as circular rather than as a straightforward progression.

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As is the case for other dogs, Karenin's sense of time seems to accelerate depending on the objects and places that surround him.

Text from Passage	Analysis
'Karenin was not overjoyed by the move to Switzerland [from Prague].'	What it says: Karenin = unhappy w/ move Prague → Switzerland What it does: Introduces Karenin's negative reaction to relocation What it is: Opening context
'Karenin hated change.'	What it says: Karenin hates change (general) What it does: Explains the broader reason behind his unhappiness What it is: Key characteristic/claim
'Dog time cannot be plotted along a straight line; it does not move on and on, from one thing to the next.'	What it says: Dog time ≠ linear, not A → B → C progression What it does: Contrasts dog time with linear time concept What it is: Main explanation
'It moves in a circle like the hands of a clock, which—they, too, unwilling to dash madly ahead—turn round and round the face, day in and day out following the same path.'	What it says: Dog time = circular like clock hands, same path daily What it does: Provides the positive description of how dog time actually works What it is: Extended metaphor/explanation

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