1. The film presents Temple’s theory of abstractification by exposing the slaughter houses as she is studying at these facilities. She initially thinks of ways to improve things for the cattle because the way they are being treated when she arrives is inhumane. She creates plans and ideas to make the cattle more comfortable and presents the ideas to upper management and owners. While some think she’s crazy and others agree with her method. It’s mentioned a few times that it would cost too much; proving that the slaughter houses are more interested in the most cost efficient ways to do things. Temple then presents that it will cost more now, but save them tons of money in the future and that gets their attention.
2. We see Temple’s theories on animals presented by her watching and recording their behavior. During her first visit to the ranch for her graduate studies, she had questioned why the cattle were mooing so loudly and frequently. She had never heard such loud mooing in her life. She has had many encounters with cattle to be able to be …show more content…
When Temple’s mother Eustacia took her to the doctor when she was 4 years old to figure out what was wrong with her (i.e. why she wasn’t talking, why she didn’t like affection) and he diagnosed her as autistic. Eustacia had questions as to how she became autistic and when she would grow out of it and he then suggested speaking with her husband to explain to him. Back then most women did not attend college and if they did it was for a very short time because they want to college to get married. She had indeed finished college and earned her degree at Harvard University making it clear that she is very intelligent and capable to understand his explanation of Temple’s diagnosis. I believed he categorized her as being an emotional female when she was just trying to figure out what she did wrong and if there was something she could have done to prevent it. Once she told him she attended Harvard, he became much more
2. We see Temple’s theories on animals presented by her watching and recording their behavior. During her first visit to the ranch for her graduate studies, she had questioned why the cattle were mooing so loudly and frequently. She had never heard such loud mooing in her life. She has had many encounters with cattle to be able to be …show more content…
When Temple’s mother Eustacia took her to the doctor when she was 4 years old to figure out what was wrong with her (i.e. why she wasn’t talking, why she didn’t like affection) and he diagnosed her as autistic. Eustacia had questions as to how she became autistic and when she would grow out of it and he then suggested speaking with her husband to explain to him. Back then most women did not attend college and if they did it was for a very short time because they want to college to get married. She had indeed finished college and earned her degree at Harvard University making it clear that she is very intelligent and capable to understand his explanation of Temple’s diagnosis. I believed he categorized her as being an emotional female when she was just trying to figure out what she did wrong and if there was something she could have done to prevent it. Once she told him she attended Harvard, he became much more