The movie Blackfish made by Gabriela Cowperwaite is a documentary about an orca named Tilikum held captive by SeaWorld (a chain of marine theme parks) and Tilikum's former trainers. The documentary made by Mrs. Cowperwaite, on an interview she explained how she became interested in Tilikum’s story was because of the violent death of Tilikum's trainer Dawn Brancheau killed by SeaWorld’s orca Tilikum. Confused with Dawn's death Gabriela decided to look into the matter further. In her discoveries she went ahead to document by film the goings on at SeaWorld that are not seen when the park is open for business, that would make a person second guess supporting the chain of oceanariums. By making the parents aware of the origins and the living conditions of the great orcas, figuring out the reasons why the death of the lovable trainers occurred is the movie’s main purpose.
English Persuasive Essay In light of the recent shark culling issue, it has come to many Australian citizen’s attention that something must be done about this situation. It is a situation of ‘kill or be killed’ and the question must be asked as to which is more important: A human’s life or a shark’s life? Sharks already suffer enough from being slaughtered to be put in Shark Fin Soup or for medical research and should not be culled, as they are such an important part of the natural world we live in. Why else would they have survived for longer than the dinosaurs? It is imperative that we look after these majestic creatures and ensure they remain protected.
The animals are held in tanks, large pools, or fenced off sections in the ocean. Though animal shows featuring dolphins and whales attract many people, it is cruel to capture these wild animals to force them to perform for crowds. Places such as sea aquariums or theme parks, like Sea World, promote the captivity of marine animals, when they should be free in their natural habitat in the ocean. Animals held in captivity lose their sense of self reliance and their natural instincts, because food and care is provided for them. It is cruel and wrong of the human population to enslave animals for the sheer purpose of entertainment.
At first, he talks about how different it is to observe the whales rove in the wild comparing to those he had seen in the Vancouver Public Aquarium. He wonders if a wild animal imprisoned in a small pool can ever be considered “happy”. Continually he discusses the use of primate, which he thinks is most controversial. Here he makes the first quotation from the famous chimpanzee expert, Jane Goodall, to support his arguments and make the essay more convincing. Goodall describes the horrible conditions that the chimpanzees are enduring in laboratories.
That is how the ocean is wearing a mask of innocence and is hypnotizing to people. Another example of symbolism in The Scorpio Races is the quote, “Nothing is as red as the sea that day.” (252). This quote is used when Sean’s dad dies in the story. As this is a tragic moment in the book for Sean. The sea that day is so red because it is contaminated by the blood of Sean’s dad.
He also touches on how there are more dolphin’s killed during dolphin hunting season than there are whales killed in the Antarctic, and still nobody gives a hoot simply because they are unaware. Ric, who was first recognized in the 1960s for capturing and training the five dolphins that were used in the well-known TV series Flipper, made a radical transition from training dolphins in captivity to assertively combating the captivity industry soon after Kathy, one of the Flipper dolphins, died. According to O'Barry, she died in his arms in what he believed was a suicide from being held captive for so long. Ever since then, he set out to free every dolphin he could. He starts the quest by taking us to the small town of Taiji, located in the Higashimuro District of Wakayama.
The Cove: An Analytical Approach The Cove is a documentary film written and directed by Louie Psihoyos. This film is shot in Taiji, Japan where they document the massive hunting of dolphins. The purpose of the film is to inform Americans about the issue in Japan, as well as to persuade them to become activists and do something to help stop the hunting. To persuade his audience, Psihoyos uses many different techniques or rhetorical strategies. A rhetorical strategy is something that draws in the audience and makes them interested.
Blackfish Speaker | The speakers in this film were mainly former employees of SeaWorld and SeaLand who are strongly opposed to the company’s methods and values. They believe that the treatment of the orcas at the park is cruel and needs to be changed immediately. I think the speakers can be trusted because they were former workers of the cooperation who, from first hand experience, know exactly what is happening in the park. | Occasion | This documentary was released in 2013, but I think the event that inspired the creation of the film was the death of Dawn Brancheau in 2010 by Tilikum, the park’s most famous 12,000-pound orca. SeaWorld executives claimed that Tilikum grabbed ahold of Dawn’s ponytail and drug her in.
He makes it clear to the audience that the development of the reef into a marina will be the loss of 'something precious' and will lead to the 'franchise, chlorination and sterilisation' of the wildlife. He appeals by giving examples of the 'wilderness experience' that is the reef. By using the rhetorical question 'how many places can you go to where you can swim with a whale shark, be circled by manta rays and see a dugong' he is showing the audience the uniqueness of the location, giving more reason for the protection and the prevention of the development. He also takes an attacking argument on the 'five star resorts' of the world, saying that when people return from a holiday, they do not remember the 'shopping mall like' hotels, 'seen one, seen them all' type buildings, unlike nature which is unique and diverse in each location. Why replace uniqueness with
Reading Response 5 Isak Dinesen shoots an iguana with the intention of using the skin for aesthetic beauty. She fails to understand the reality of what she is trying to do. I feel the unequal distribution of power between the gun and the iguana may represent humanity's domination over animals. Dinesen alludes to the negative impact of humans on planet earth and our parasitic nature when she quotes a saying of a hero in a book she had read as a child: "I have conquered them all, but I am standing amongst graves" (73). My own experience in "shooting an iguana" involves hunting and capturing sand crabs.