Can shows and skits seem magical, without the help of animals? This became a controversial topic after authors explained the negativity of the subject. The topic was discussed in a video, “Should Animals Be Used as Entertainment?” an article, “The Use Of Animals in Entertainment,” and another article, “Jump to It!” Although the authors had similar approaches and techniques to present their arguments, there were also several differences among the sources.
All three sources showed their argument with similar rhetorical appeals, and two sources also shared several similarities together, such as the audience, and rhetorical appeals. To begin with, the three sources used logos to help persuade the reader. In, “Should Animals Be Used as Entertainment?” Jack Cafferty, the news …show more content…
In the video, Jack Cafferty explains the reasons why us, the readers, should not go to places and buy tickets to shows such as SeaWorld. These sources show that we could stop the usage of animals for entertainment by simply not supporting them with money. Another similarity between these two sources has to be that they both talk about the conditions that the animals are in, and they’re not luxurious. In the article, “The Use of Animals in Entertainment,” it states, “The conditions at which these animals are kept are usually at best unsuitable, at worst barbaric and cruel. Often, social animals such as primates are kept in isolation. Animals in travelling shows and circuses are forced to travel for hours on end, and held in isolation in tiny cages for almost all of their lives, to be brought out only for the few minutes of their ‘performance’.” This quote reveals that not only the animals are punished, but they don’t have a decent shelter, and they’re treated horribly. In the video, “Should Animals Be Used as Entertainment?” it states, “Peta, wants SeaWorld, to stop confining these animals to an area that’s “the size of a bathtub,” to them.” In
All three sources showed their argument with similar rhetorical appeals, and two sources also shared several similarities together, such as the audience, and rhetorical appeals. To begin with, the three sources used logos to help persuade the reader. In, “Should Animals Be Used as Entertainment?” Jack Cafferty, the news …show more content…
In the video, Jack Cafferty explains the reasons why us, the readers, should not go to places and buy tickets to shows such as SeaWorld. These sources show that we could stop the usage of animals for entertainment by simply not supporting them with money. Another similarity between these two sources has to be that they both talk about the conditions that the animals are in, and they’re not luxurious. In the article, “The Use of Animals in Entertainment,” it states, “The conditions at which these animals are kept are usually at best unsuitable, at worst barbaric and cruel. Often, social animals such as primates are kept in isolation. Animals in travelling shows and circuses are forced to travel for hours on end, and held in isolation in tiny cages for almost all of their lives, to be brought out only for the few minutes of their ‘performance’.” This quote reveals that not only the animals are punished, but they don’t have a decent shelter, and they’re treated horribly. In the video, “Should Animals Be Used as Entertainment?” it states, “Peta, wants SeaWorld, to stop confining these animals to an area that’s “the size of a bathtub,” to them.” In