According to Dr. Stuart Derbyshire, an expert in pain, unlike humans, animals react to death as an instinct to their primal ways. “Animals do not understand the concept of ‘today’, unless we think foxes use calendars and keep diaries…” (Derbyshire 2) This is one case where sarcasm could be used to convince the audience. It is coming from someone specializing in this field of study so it could be successful but the only downside is that Derbyshire’s credibility could be less because of it. O’Neill says that to be pro-animal is to be anti-humanity, which seems outrageous and another means to sway the audience to his side. He ends the article saying that the worst thing that can possibly happen to an animal is to be caught by a human. This is, again, sarcasm towards all those who are sympathetic towards animals and animal cruelty which seems to be used just to mock the opposing
According to Dr. Stuart Derbyshire, an expert in pain, unlike humans, animals react to death as an instinct to their primal ways. “Animals do not understand the concept of ‘today’, unless we think foxes use calendars and keep diaries…” (Derbyshire 2) This is one case where sarcasm could be used to convince the audience. It is coming from someone specializing in this field of study so it could be successful but the only downside is that Derbyshire’s credibility could be less because of it. O’Neill says that to be pro-animal is to be anti-humanity, which seems outrageous and another means to sway the audience to his side. He ends the article saying that the worst thing that can possibly happen to an animal is to be caught by a human. This is, again, sarcasm towards all those who are sympathetic towards animals and animal cruelty which seems to be used just to mock the opposing