Virginia DeJohn Anderson, “King Philip’s Herds: Indians, Colonists and the Problem of livestock in Early New England” In this article Ms. Anderson talks about how livestock (mostly swine) played a critical role toward King Philip’s War of 1675-76. How hostilities, settlers free ranging livestock wandered into native villages and affected them and how the Indians responded to theses encroachments. English colonist imported thousands of cattle, swine, sheep, and horses because they considered livestock essential to their survival. But the animals caused problems to subsistence practices, land use, property rights and political authority. Indians did not want to own domestic animals since livestock husbandry did not fit easily with native practices, the adoption of livestock would alter women’s lives by affecting the traditional division of labor since women were mainly responsible of agriculture production.
In his 2006 book The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Michael Pollan endeavors to illustrate the process of how a cow becomes a steak. Industrial farming is not a simple process, it is rife with problematic practices. Pollan’s book is akin to a written documentary, and he uses rhetorical devices to gently guide the reader as a companion on his journey. Through his use of logos, ethos, pathos, imagery, and diction, Pollan pushes aside the curtain that the cattle industry has placed around their operations, and by presenting some very terrible truths he is able to persuade the reader to take action. In a compelling thread about the cattle industry that runs through the entire book, Pollan begins by describing how he decided to view the life-cycle of a cow by buying a steer.
Im ne being a white man in the 1930's. With the pressure and grief of the towns agi people surrounding ; with judgement being directly thrown in the face of the man only trying to do the right thing. In Kill A Mockingbird Harper Lee, To , by she illustrates the point that by Atticus defending Tom Robinson even though it was considered the "wrong" thing to do and taking the case, defending him to his best efforts and taking the case even though he knew this would have both negative and positive effects on his children, he was not a racist. In this book, Atticus Finch is defending a black man named Tom Robinson, who is accused of rape. Throughout the story, we see the injustice that has tied between everyone involved as this time .
Literary essay – Totem Thomas King’s extensive use of symbolism in his short story “Totem” puts a goofy and nonsensical face on the callous treatment that natives received by North American settlers. A museum director, Walter Hooton, has a problem with noisy totem poles bothering the patrons at his art gallery in Alberta. The solution he decides upon is to cut down the totem poles and move them to a more convenient location; in this case, the basement. Each time, the totem pole refuses to be displaced, and again starts bothering the museum patrons from the corner. King uses four main elements in the story to illustrate his point: the totem poles themselves, the director of the museum and his workers, the museum patrons, and the museum itself.
In Erdrich's work, she displays the white people very critically by using quotes from the John Wayne movie she uses in her her poem, such as “It is / not over, this fight, not as long as you resist. / Everything we see belongs to us.” (Erdrich 12). This direct attack on the whites from the film gives a glimpse into how Erdrich feels that the white men are the sole reason that the Native American culture has almost been destroyed. She feels that the whites' greed and aggressive nature forced the destruction of the traditions and values that the Native American people once had. Alexie, on the other hand, feels that the blame falls more on the actual people of the new Native American generations becoming more like the white men on their own accord.
There are a group of people who believe humans view animals as property and mistreat them due to their lack of intelligence. But there is also a group who use animals as a way of life and appreciate their contributions to the world’s ecosystem. This group looks at the human behaviors towards animals, and animal’s level of emotion, and the contradiction towards the treatment of animals. When debating the topic about animals first we will talk about human behaviors and thoughts towards animals. In the essay “Why I Hunt” by Rick Bass, the author talks about how the love of hunting and the landscape nourish his soul.
I am writing this letter regarding the issues of live cattle export published in the age's education section issues. The writer's contention is telling the reader about the live export trade from Indonesia and cruelty to Australian cattle being harmed in Indonesia and being exported. The writer also explains to the reader about how this is done and how these animals are being harmed. My contention of this issue is that I think that live export trade should not happen as it is putting too much harm and stress on the cattle. In my opinion I think live cattle export should stop, it is just a bad image for Indonesia.
Unlike the white people, the American Indians appreciated their land and resources and lived in harmony with their surroundings. As Ortiz mentions, “Indians had to fight a desperate rearguard action to survive its [the white frontier’s] advance, so they had neither the time nor the means to tell their stories” (Ortiz 3). White men have all but destroyed a great deal of our environment. American Indians and those who have Native American heritages feel passionate about their histories. They have been wronged by being overshadowed by the white man’s inaccurate account of events.
The rabbit is an important character because he represents a giving person, while the ram represents the careless person. The significance of this story would be that people shouldn’t be so careless. We all have boundaries that need to be followed if not there will be consequences. (Welker Glenn) B. An important event in “The Jaguar and the Deer” is when the jaguar and the deer first find out they have been helping each other build the same home and still
The chapter ends with O'Brien telling us what followed Lemon's death: when the unit comes across a baby water buffalo. Rat Kiley, encompassed with anger and gloom due to his friend’s death, shoots the baby buffalo consistently, yet does not fully kill it. These stories reveal that a true war story, is never about war; but rather these stories are about love, memory, and sorrow. More importantly though, we learn that not all true war stories are true. They are what we make them out to be: consisting of fragments of the imagination mixed with some