"Traveling Through the Dark‚" by William Strafford and "The Black Snake‚" by Mary Oliver use animals to express their thoughts in these poems. The animals play an important role in determining what the writers want to convey through its function‚ the relation between the speaker and animal‚ as well as the tone of the poem. Strafford does a great job of illustrating the function of the animal in "Traveling Through the Dark." The deer is dead on the side of the road from a hit and run and the speaker
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Blackfish In the documentary Blackfish‚ the director‚ Gabriela Cowperthwaite‚ uses experiences from trainers that used to work at Sea World‚ examples of the inhumane treatment of the whales that are kept in captivity‚ and the injuries and deaths to convince people to not support Sea World by going there to view the huge attraction. People see Sea World as a happy‚ family environment because of the advertisements they put out to the public. The commercials and ads make it look like the whales are
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Bryson‚ Gabriel Mr. Fogarty Expos September 8‚ 2013 Animal Testing Animal testing is cruel and barbaric. In the article "A change of heart about animals" by Jeremy Rifkin‚ featured in the los Angeles Times‚ Rifkin discussed how scientists have discovered that animals are not far different from humans. The studies show that animals have similar emotions and reactions when experiencing such emotions in times of distress or fear. Despite these finding‚ animals are still continually tested on for
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Animal Testing by Erin Davis Persuassive Essay Sociology Spring 2014 Imagine your pet‚ or if you don ’t have one‚ imagine someone you know who has one and loves them. Imagine the love and happiness that animal brings to you or someone you may know. Now create a mental thought of a lab and that animal being tested on. Being pricked‚ poked‚ and helplessly crying. How does that make you feel and how does that sound to you? Animal testing is a process that ’s crucially
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As Franklin explains “interaction with animals has increased…into human contact as pets‚ the object of nature study or in the hunting field. In addition…animals were…subjects…of entertainment” (44). It can be said that human interactions with non-human animals can be quite anthropocentric‚ that is how humans use and exploit these various animals for their own benefit and gains. Ian Malcolm in the film while discussing his opinions on the creation of dinosaurs mentions "Yeah‚ but your scientists were
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Risha Katzman Assignment 4: Process Analysis Today class we will talk about how to take care of a pet. There are many types of animals that you can have for a pet. I choose to explain the steps in taking care of a puppy. In my opinion‚ puppies are so cute and playful. One thing about puppies is that they turn into dogs. When caring for a puppy you have to be very careful and gentle. Puppies are very fragile and have to be handled with care. I will explain the things that you must do in caring
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In today’s society‚ intelligence is often mistaken as the most dominant trait a person can have however‚ what makes us unique among all species is the power of imitation.Some people may feel as if intelligence and imitation are two entirely separate terms but if one closely examines these words they are more alike then one would think. Imitation is a form of intelligence. Susan Blackmore in her essay‚ “Strange Creatures‚” argues that the theory of memetics controlling the world.Blackmores disputes
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Animal testing can be dated back to the ancient times of the Greeks and Romans. Physicians would dissect animals with the pure interest to obtain knowledge. But even then‚ one such physician stated that he would rather use a pig as his subject because he wanted to‚ “ avoid seeing the unpleasant expression of an ape” (Monamy 9). The ethics of animal testing has always been questioned. Humans do not want to think of animals as on the same level of us. The similarity is terrifying and makes the cruelty
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. LA zoo is fantastic and there are plenty of animals to observe. The employees were friendly and provided educational facts to the public. This is the second time that I visit LA Zoo because I want to observe the activities and behavior of some selected primates. I spent most of the time observing all the animals and learning about them and their native habitats. LA Zoo is laid out by continental area‚ so the primate exhibits are scattered throughout the zoo. I began with the New World monkey located
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As I read eating the Dinosaur written by Chuck Klosterman (precisely chapters 1 and 2)‚ it just dawns on me that I have never really considered the reasons why people talk. More importantly‚ the book reveals the covert motives behind my communication with people. Suddenly I just realized that there is more to humans’ conversations beyond the fact that they have well developed brains and have the capacity to express intelligible words. Part of the discovery I made was that the intentions of my mind
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