Sparked by a recent activist “action” against animal cruelty, Freelance writer Jo smith agrees with the direct actions that led to the liberation of hundreds of chickens from cages within his opinionated editorial “chickens range free”. Published in June, 2009, Smith, who among being a journalist, is a member of the “Australians for Animals Rights” committee, which dictates as the foundation of his main arguments and personal contentions. His overall view encrypted within his emotive, yet formal persuasive piece is that animals, although unable to communicate it, do endure the cruelty enforced by “poor farmers”, hip-pocket- conscious Australians and the general selfish nature of the human race. Smith targets not only other animal activists, but the broad population of Australian`s who are oblivious to the treatment of the most “abused animals on the face of the Earth”.…
Barbara J. King introduces her argument with a very serious and riveting story about a mother dolphin in distress over the corpse of her baby and uses this anecdote to grab the audience’s attention, appeal to their pathos, and intrigue the audience to continue reading. Her argument is an ambiguous case because even though the two topics of animals and mourning over a loved one would each seem to be honorable, a large portion of the audience she is targeting either doesn’t know or have not formed an opinion with the subject that animals can mourn as well as humans, while others simply disagree with her. Therefore, she must have this kind of introduction to try and win the attention of her readers.…
“Whitetail deer are one of the most recognized wildlife in Alabama”-(Outdoor Alabama). This quotation proves that Whitetail deer are important to Alabamians and the people of the South-East region. To obtain a whitetail trophy, hunters need to know about the deer in Alabama, specifically the management, population, habitat, and eating patterns, so they can pursue deer hunting as a career. To have trophy Whitetails you need to have three things, and one is good management. To have good management the whitetails need to have a lot of food and cover, you have to apply hard work and a lot of time, have a food plot that fits the situation of the environment, and realize that hunters are very important to the ecosystem and respect your use of time…
The film “Century of Genocide in the Americas: the Residential School Experience” is a testimony to the atrocity and cruelty the white people incurred upon the Indians. The film shortly portrays the bizarre picture of the reservation where each and every day the Indians were killed, maimed, raped and denied human rights in varied forms. The film cites the second article of the 1948 Genocide Convention “Genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group…” It conveys the message that white people committed genocide on the Indians. The writer of the article “Gee, You Don’t Seem like an Indian from the Reservation.”…
These stories highlight some of the most important issues of the current era, both in different ways. In Eisenberg’s book The Carnivore Way, a more modern take on the current state of the ecological system. Eisenberg presents lots of logical facts and scientific statistics that are used to prove her point. In the other spectrum, Faulkner’s Big Woods collection tells a more narrative approach to telling the reader. He uses fictional characters to invoke emotions from the readers and insight his own messages to the reader, all while keeping the messages ambiguous to the reader.…
Have you ever wondered what a story would be like without some of the minor characters? You most likely wouldn’t know the main character’s personality as well right? A subordinate character has an important role in the story without being the protagonist. In “The Most Dangerous Game”, “A Worn Path”, and “A Rose for Emily”, all have subordinate characters that contribute to making the story understandable. Richard Connell’s short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, starts off with the protagonist, Sanger Rainsford, having a conversation with Whitney about hunting.…
Katherine pulls her luscious brown hair into a french braid as she glances at the nearby waterhole. What a day, she thinks, as she pulls out her camera from under the seat of her dusty old Jeep. Just then, a female lioness walks noiselessly past her car and halts at the waterhole. She crouches down and starts to lap up the crocodile infested water. Katherine snaps her camera rapidly, feeling extremely lucky; this is her fourth good sighting today.…
In Annie Dillard’s essay, Living Like Weasels, Dillard uses stylistic writing to make her story more universally understandable, starting from her initial encounter the with a weasel and the life lesson she took out of the encounter. The essay gives its readers an unusual comparison between the life of human beings and the life of weasels. There is also a physical description of how Ernest Thompson shot an eagle and found the skull of a weasel clinging to its throat which was a perfect symbol of how the weasel died protecting one necessity. Mrs. Dillard’s intention to write this essay is to show how particular weasel-like attributes can truly be adopted to help people live better lives. That is why this essay connects with the American Dream…
Hesse G. Sambaan September 25, 2017 Comp II What’s wrong with the animal rights by Vicki Hearne Vicki Hearne thinks that there is more for animal satisfaction for happiness that is the personal achievement. Animals find happiness in their work that they do that you can call “talent”. She believes that animal right advocates got all it wrong, making some of the animals suffer and they are more concern of arguing than the animal’s happiness. The essay was persuasive, she uses her own knowledge as animal trainer and she proves that the only one who can really define the animal’s happiness is the owner. to clarify her own essays, she also uses her own animals, her experienced, and a lot of examples.…
Analysis of a Creative Non-Fiction Essay In Annie Dillard’s essay “Living Like Weasels”, she questions the meaning of life based on her interaction with nature and by contrasting human and animal behavior (www.go.view.usg.edu). Dillard talks about wanting to live more like the weasel she sees in the wild, because as she mentions, “The weasel lives in necessity and we live in choice,..” (“Living Like Weasels”, Dillard). Dillard provides a life lesson from her encounter with the weasel with her use of four artistic tools: figurative language, imagery, symbolism, and theme.…
Outline THE ROAD TO COMPANION AND EXOTIC VETERINARIAN MEDICINE I. INTRODUCTION II. VETERINARIAN JOB DESCRIPTION A. Different career practices available for veterinarians 1. Evaluation of the Author’s desired career fields a. Exotic veterinarian medicine b. Companion veterinarian medicine III. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR AN EXOTIC VETERINARIAN A. Required degrees and licensing 1. Colleges offering required degree program a. Within the United States b. Abroad 2.…
Killing Wolves The idea of killing a wolf is a controversial issue among many Americans today. A writer and film producer, Sherry Simpson, wrote, “Killing Wolves,” published in 1996 in the Creative nonfiction website, she writes about her experience in Fairbanks, Alaska while in a two-day Wolf Trapping School and the meaning of a wolfs life being taken away.…
Even though there are not a lot of people today that purposely hit animals, there are occurrences in which people do. Also, people tend to go drive fastly, and reckless when they are upset. Although this may seem to help people relax and calm down, it puts other people’s lives in danger. Lastly, suicide is also a key concept that ties together today’s world with their society. It was very shocking to read “‘We get these cases nine or ten a night.”’…
Ethics, Humans And Other Animals: An Introduction With Readings. New York: Routledge, 2013. Print. Singer, Peter. Writings On An Ethical Life.…
This essay’s objective is to present both sides of the issue, allowing the reader to further investigate and form their own ethical stance for or against animal rights. For many, it is…