The Amazing Penguin Survival Analysis

The excerpt “from ‘The Amazing Penguin Rescue’” by Lauren Tarshis, and the two articles “The Amazing Penguin Race” by Dyan deNapoli and “Update on Penguin Rescue Efforts From Oil Spill in South Atlantic” each addressed the reactions of the penguins to an oil spill and the rescue efforts. After the cargo freighter Treasure collided with a massive reef and sundered releasing 1,300 tons of oil, tens of thousands of African penguins were at risk. The results were 20,000 petrified and oiled penguins that were in need of urgent assistance. Volunteers and penguin enthusiasts from a diverse group of towns and even states came to nurture the penguins back to health. These three pieces of nonfiction shared similar statistics, claims, and details, but each had their information
“Cleaning a penguin isn’t easy. It takes two people-one to hold the penguin, another to do the washing” (7). A volunteer admitted how cleansing a penguin was a tedious task due to the uncooperative animals themselves and the time-consuming method used. The author explicitly illustrated how humans view the perfect level of hygiene for a penguin very difficult to achieve and hinted at the frustration and anguish among the rescuers. “But for me, the most inspiring part was the work of the volunteers. Rescuing penguins isn’t glamorous” (11). deNapoli conveyed the best of both worlds by implying the content and jubilance felt by a rescuer after nurturing a penguin. The reader would then have a profound understanding of how much of a significant effect these “inspiring” emotions had on a volunteer, which stimulated happiness even when they faced the toughest assignments. This contrasting point of view portrayed the reactions of a rescuer on the same topic of the aftermath of an oil