Travis Walker 1301-01 Thesis Statement: Raising A Baby Squirrel can be fun and rewarding yet difficult and disappointing. I found the baby squirrel whenever he was about four weeks old. I walked out of the house on a Friday morning and both of our cats came running inside from underneath the car, which was unusual. So, I walked outside and looked under the car and there was a baby squirrel hugged up to the front drivers side tire fighting for his life. Apparently the cats had been tormenting him all night long.
Luckily for her, her cat Sosa came and attacked the snake. Sosa suffered a bite, protecting her owner and was rushed to the vet. Who said that cats can’t save lives? Cats can save people just as dogs can. People say that, “Dogs are a man’s best friend.” That might be true, but dogs are not only the animal friend whose companionship people enjoy.
Puppy Farming - Hayden Jones I want you all to take a look at this kitten. And now this litter of puppies. They’re both pretty cute, right? They came from a place where cats and dogs die everyday of disease, starvation and mistreatment. A place where they’re forced to live in their own filth for weeks on end.
Roaming cats are susceptible to attack by other animals, to trapping by angry neighbours, and most of all, to traffic accidents. Despite leash laws in most communities, mauled cats often turn up in veterinarians’ offices and city pounds. A cat raised with dogs may not recognize a dangerous dog quickly enough. Also, coyotes are a concern in most parts of Canada, including suburban areas, as most domestic cats have lost the degree of wariness they need to protect themselves against wild predators. A cat is also unequipped to protect itself against traps set out by angry neighbours.
"Boo was about six and a half feet tall, judging him from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands are blood-stained - if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time." (To Kill a Mockingbird, p.13). The children test his boundaries as well as their own imaginations by constructing the image. It adds to the game and encourages Jem and Scout to develop distinctions for their boundaries.
Animals play an important role in much of the symbolism found within the novel. A common motif throughout the book, bunnies symbolize the hopes and dreams of the future. The fantasy rabbit farm shared by George and Lennie, two friends and companions working on a ranch, keeps them moving toward the goal of one day realizing that dream. Lennie’s love for soft creatures helps show his innocence, despite his tendency to kill the very animals he adores, due to his brutal strength. Their deaths and Lennie’s eventual death result in the unfulfillment of the dream, leaving everyone lonely and without purpose.
Steinbeck’s personal battle chest of repetitive scenes within and management of the cyclic qualities of Of Mice and Men help foreshadow the most tragic events in the book. The foreshadowing in Of Mice and Men helps underscore important parts of the novella. The cyclic properties of the foreshadowed events focus the reader’s attention on specific details and themes, like the death of soft specimens in Lennie’s care. Lennie’s death is foreshadowed in the book by the death of Candy’s dog. Lennie was oft compared to a dog in the book.
The successive day, Lennie accidentally kills his puppy in the barn, and Curley's wife came to see Lennie because she knew she could get company from Lennie while the others were outside. She tells him that life with Curley is a disappointment and thinks that she should’ve followed her dream of becoming a movie star. Lennie tells her that he loves petting soft things, and she offers to let him feel her hair. So Lennie pets Curley's wife's hair and gets a little too rough and when Curley's wife starts to struggle, he gets confused and hold even tighter. When she starts to yell, Lennie gets more and more confused as to what to do.
At night the Jem and Scout hear scraping and believe that it may be Boo Radley out seeking his revenge. They would imagine him scratching on the screen and picking it apart with his fingers. "Boo was about six-and-a-half feet tall, judging from his tracks; he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, that's why his hands were bloodstained -- if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten his eyes popped, and he drooled most of the time." (Lee’s pg.13) As the story progresses the children discover little trinkets in a tree by the Radley
Of Mice and a Woman I’ve been afraid of mice for as long as I can remember. Spotting a mouse in my home on those rare winter occasions evoked hell in me. My heart would beat rapidly and I’d sweat profusely, yet all the moisture in my mouth would disappear. I actually think I’d be calmer walking past a lion pride than a mouse infested field. The lion is symbolically the king of the jungle.