The author of “Rufus”, C.W. Gusewelle and the author of “the gift of reason”, Walter Edmonds are both touched by the animals they wrote about. Gusewelle changed the way he thinks about Rufus. Edmonds changes the way he think of animal’s actions. Despite the two authors change in perspective about animals, Edmonds seemed more influenced by his experience. C.W.…
The main character Zoe does not have the confidence to try new things or talk to new people. When Zoe talks to new people she would say something like this “uh-oh, I said in distressed whisper” (132). Low confidence would be a great topic since in some point in time we all have a drop in our confidence in doing something. Low confidence can be resolved by animal therapy which has been used in this novel. When Zoe was feeling low her mother broth her an animal she loves and Zoe knew it right away “you’re bringing the chimps?” (139) after the visit of these animals, Zoe was smiling as she had never smiled. Animal therapy can help many but also harm some. In this story, animals are given respect but somethings they are forgotten about as well. Some characters do not care about animals and do not care even a little bit about an animal like Alex, hew would normally go home and “watch TV, eating junk food” also he would make animals run away from him if they got too close. There are many topics but these three stood out to…
A “Change Of Heart” by Jeremy Rifkin explains how animals are more similar to a human that we ever expected, Rifkin tries to expand our empathy towards animals and makes us dig deeper into the world of animal rights. In this article the author brings up how animals have feelings such as pain, stress, affection, excitement, and love, more into the article the author gives us an example of how pigs get easily depressed if they don't get enough affection and people can relate in how if it only an “ animal “ how can it get depressed but heres is how animals are indeed much like a human but we keep making ourselves believe that they are inferior from us, the author also gives us another example of a gorilla from the gorilla foundation in northern…
The birth of a child seems natural to the physicians that help with the delivery process. Yet, religious midwives believe that it is a natural miracle caused by God. Unlike naturalist, the Christian, Fall, and Redemption (CFR) approach adopts the Godly and natural view. According to author Angela M. Sabates, the naturalist approach is that reality compromises material substances, and the immaterial (God, soul, mind) either does not exist or is irrelevant to an empirical investigation because it cannot be measured. The unseen is a hoax that cannot be proven real. Evidently, the reality of naturalism consists of observable facts and solid material explanations. Life origin, the purpose of life, self-seeking tendencies, fundamental need for…
Leopold gives the animals and nature certain human-like characteristics in this book because he wants us to connect with them in a way we likely have never done before.…
Although Rowena was very ill at a very young age, she managed to have happiness in her life because of animals that has helped her push through the tough times in her life and to help forget about her illness as the author states, “Why do the rabbits have to be killed? Because they were hers.” (Findley 17). This represents how animals throughout the novel had a significance influence on the characters especially Robert and Rowena and the relationship between them. While in Lethbridge, the BSM (Battery Sergeant Major) orders Robert that he must shoot the horse, where another innocent life is taken. He is scared as he “stood there with his trousers open leaning in above the toilet with his hand against the bulkhead. Nothing happened. His bladder, like his mouth, dried up” (Findley 64), shows how he was unable to urinate due to being too afraid. Robert is very anxious and struggles to aim at the horse, “Jesus; for Christ’s sake die. I need more light, he said. He was shaking; his voice of full anger” (Findley 68). As Robert kills the horse, he has an image of a falling chair reminding him of Rowena’s death. This affects Robert in the war where mistakes cannot be made, especially on the battlefield. In one of the scenes in the novel, Robert encounters a coyote in a valley where it start drinking water from the pond. It then turns directly to Robert, acknowledging him then entire time. This clearly proves the type of relationship Robert has with animals, as he is able to somewhat communicate with them. Most animals would rush towards a human being once seeing them in their sight. Roberts connection with animals throughout the novel is a key representation and how animals have impacted him positively and negatively. Each of the animals he encounters always reminds him of leaving home and how the death of sister was the sole reason he decided to enlist to…
In the book, The Color of Christ written by Edward J. Blum and Paul Harvey provide an insight on how the concept of White Jesus has changed over time. In the Antebellum America, some African American made the white Jesus as anti-slavery hero and visioned him very close to the point that they made him a servant who suffers and gets persecuted. In the age of Imperialism, some African American civil activist made White Jesus as an issue of race, while some through their artwork an oriental face of Black Jesus. While there are few similarities before and after civil war, some African American views are very different. Antebellum some African American see Christ as a hero, but Imperialism African American see Him as a problem.…
The short stories “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst and “My Brother’s Keeper” by Jay Bennet are both realistic examples of family dynamics and how they can affect the way siblings treat each other. “The Scarlet Ibis” demonstrates how older siblings tend to feel the need to assist or help their younger siblings in things they cannot do, often leaving the younger siblings codependent on the older siblings for everything. In comparison, “My Brother’s Keeper” demonstrates how trauma can lead to siblings leaching to each other and becoming reliant, more often one more than the other. Even when two people are not siblings but are close, one person can become codependent on the other, Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is the prime example of this.…
Death of the Ibis Death is a sad mournful thing, but many short story's use death as one of the story's plot points like the short story "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst. Hurst uses death and sadness to give this story its realism and not have it be a flat boring story. "The last graveyard flowers were blooming, and their smell drifted across the cotton field and through every room of our house, speaking softly the names of our dead. " My ideas are why hurst worded it this way is because he wanted it to feel sad and unpleasant, but most of all depressing.…
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Another one of the animals is the old family cat that Tom Joad sees wandering around the abandoned family farm. The cat relates to all…
individualism is “a social theory favoring freedom of action for individuals over collective or state control”. what this means is that the individual has control over what goes on in the society rather than a government or any one force controlling what the individual does, individualism could be shown in many different forms. examples of different forms individualism could be shown is through the way you dress, your moral beliefs, or even your actions.Individualism is shown through romantic, revolutionary, and colonial text in Sinners in the hands of an angry god, speech to Virginia conviction, and self reliance…
Peter Maass is a writer for the New York Times Magazine and has reported from Asia, Africa, South America and the Middle East. He has written as well for The Atlantic Monthly, The Washington Post, Slate, and The New Yorker. Maass is the author of the short story “The Wild Beast” taken from the book “Love Thy Neighbor: A Story of War”, in which chronicles the Bosnian War and won prizes from the Oversea Press Club and the Los Angeles Times. He currently resides in New York City.…