So…what aspect of the human psyche does the “old dog” in the film “the Mexican” symbolize.

 

Discuss with reference to the current interest in fate and synchronicity.

I did not see the movie, but a dog is a mother symbol. Not so much one's mother but Mother Nature. In that respect, it may seen as connected to our human animal instincts. Just as a dog's is man's best friend and a helper, the dog symbol is often the natural instintive potentials that give us drive and vitality. Like a dog, these are subject to the command or will of the human. An old dog shows the instinctive potential being in a state of lowered potential. The old dog still tries to do its best but is limited by the nature of its atrophied state.