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I was really confused by the ending with Charlie attacking her & seeming to have gone mad, almost an entirely different dog - does anyone have any theories about this? Is it some kind of metaphor or something?

Kendall Wilson I agree with MacKenzie - I think a lot of evidence points to her having blackouts (maybe schizophrenia or split personality, or something else?) and d…moreI agree with MacKenzie - I think a lot of evidence points to her having blackouts (maybe schizophrenia or split personality, or something else?) and doing things she doesn't remember during these blackouts. For example, it's just subtly mentioned towards the end that a draft to the note about Magda ("Her name was Magda...") is in the back of her notebook, meaning she probably wrote the note herself and not "Blake." My theory is that during one of these blackouts she did something bad to Charlie and he became scared of her. On a metaphysical level, maybe he sensed a dark energy surrounding her as she unraveled more and more. (less)

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