Who Really Is The Animal? How many times people give all their trust‚ love and affection to someone who inevitably cheats‚ betrays or disappoints them? Who has the chance to cure and take care of an animal knows that this wont’ ever happen‚ they remain faithful and loving by your side in whatever situation. There are striking similarities between human and animal beings‚ from their astonishing intellectual and cognitive
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Espinoza Expository Reading & Writing 15 October 2012 Animals v Humans The world is filled with ideas and topics in which people get to decide if it’s right or wrong‚ but how do you which one is truly right? Facts and proven statements are what makes you decide on the one if more accurate then just having a person say what they think. On an article titled “A Change of Heart About Animals‚” by Jeremy Rifkin has information on how animals‚ “are more like us than we ever imagined.” I disagree. I
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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 products
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“100 Million animals are killed in U.S laboratories for biology lessons‚ medical training‚ curiosity driven experimentation‚ chemical‚ drug‚ food and cosmetic testing.” -peta.org. The Rifkin article discusses about the pain animals feel. According to Rifkin Animals feel the pain as if they were a human bean. Innocent animals are being killed each day just for the fun of it or for some kind product testing. He believes we ought to change the way we treat animals. The way we treat the animals has to be
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I share Rifkin’s concern with how we treat animals; however‚ the article‚ “A Change of Heart about Animals” does not provide enough concrete evidence to make the claim that animals are all of a sudden more like us than we imagined. Just because a crow can make a hook or an orangutan can groom itself in front of a mirror animals does not mean that animals are more like us than we imagined. Clearly‚ in order to persuade us that we need to treat animals better because they are so alike us‚ more evidence
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newspaper published an editorial “A Change of Heart about Animals” September 1‚ 2003 by Jeremy Rifkin‚ author and president of the Foundation on Economic Trends‚ in which Rifkin suggests that the center of the human experience is about extending concern to wider and wider realms to the species we share the world with (34). He implies throughout the article that animals like us‚ feel pain‚ experience stress‚ affection‚ excitement‚ and even love (33) . He claims that animals should be treated better because
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inhumane treatment‚ a controversial issue is whether animals are entitled to their rights. While some argue that only humans have rights‚ others contend that animals should have the same privileges as humans. The author of “A Change of Heart about Animals‚” Jeremy Rifkin‚ claims that animals should have better treatment. Rifkin rhetorically changes one’s view on this subject without the consent of the reader. Rifkin begins by showing the animals’ human qualities‚ then giving a counter statement to
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Justin Le Ms. Jackson ERWC English 28 October 2014 Animal Bill of Rights Despite our genetic makeup and ability‚ each living organism still obtains the ability to partake in the vast contribution towards this world. We as humans should be proactive in our role of establishing and maintaining a fine balance of life. A prominent responsibility we possess is to regard all living beings as equals. Animals and humans were created to coexist on this earth and therefore should receive fair treatment.
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In the article‚ A Change of Heart about Animals‚ written by Jeremy Rifkin is about how animals are very similar to human beings. Some animals are capable of having emotions and the mental ability to complete tasks as humans can. Rifkin emphasizes how animals should have better treatment due to the lack of compassion and acknowledgment among animals. He uses distinctive types of rhetorical techniques to persuade his audience to agree and feel his pain for these creatures. For instance‚ Rifkin
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selfless. We worry less about those around us and worry more about what we’re going to consume for dinner or how many likes a picture of yourself will get.. In Jeremy Rifkin’s article‚ (published by Los angeles Times) “A Change of Heart about Animals”‚ he describes that animals are more like us humans than we think and that our empathy needs to constantly become stronger towards animals. Rifkin gives us a plethora of rhetorical ways to persuade readers to feel more towards animals. One strategy Rifkin
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