Animal Cruelty In Neil Gaiman's Babycakes

Neil Gaiman depicts human actions in relation to animal slaughter for food, clothing, testing chemicals, other uses, and animal cruelty in general in Babycakes. Using first-person point of view as an observer-participant, indirect characterization allows reader to listen to the character's thoughts about the matter. Additionally, it appears inclusive rather than hypocritical separation of one who actually belongs to the population who contribute in one way or another to animal violence. Themed with animal cruelty and sustainability, it subtly transitioned its focus towards mocking human intellect of being smart and thinking too highly of our existence over other living sentient creatures such as animals and babies yet inflicting self-damaging results. Starting off with some quite a mysterious feel of one day no longer finding any animals, it was composed to create a tension build up that leads to a disturbing atmosphere …show more content…
It's because they know what it's like to be treated like an animal." We can argue that human life is and will never be equivalent to animal life but we cannot remove the fact that we are similar living breathing creatures with sentient feelings. Other arguments such as having canines and incisors for chewing meat and killing animal for food and survival during cavemen period can also be brought up. But what about now? Do we really need to slaughter animals for food even if there is an option for sustainable living other than killing? The title also appeals to me differently more than just mentioning human babies in the story. In dairy industry, baby cows are taken away from their mothers to harvest the milk naturally produced for baby cows and not human babies. That milk is turned into various dairy products used in many cooking and baking products. From milk to cheese and creams into those beautifully presented cakes we see and buy everywhere. It's a like another Babycakes story to