Most people shudder at the thought or sight of a Pit Bull and consider them vicious atrocities, but I will show that Pit Bulls are innocent and really are just misunderstood. I would like to give some facts, dispel some myths, and show the side of the breed that the media chooses not to tell. American Pit Bull Terriers were first introduced during World War I and World War II. The job of the Pit Bull was to deliver messages back and forth across the battlefield. Pit Bulls were first bred to bait bulls and bears as a sport back in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, but soon became more commonly used as house pets due to their friendliness towards people (Brom, 1987-09, p.14).
REFLECTION This is such a famous story that it earned reputation for Stockton and the title “"The Lady, or the Tiger?" has come into the English language as an expression, meaning an unsolvable problem. Yet, not many people have heard about the sequel of this story, which named “The Discourager of Hesitancy”. The setting of this second story is based on what left on the first story, and it was told by a person who did not attend in the incident till the end. He was curious about the destiny of the man and decided to find out the answer.
Red herring is an example of fallacies of relevance where the arguer tries to distract the attention of the audience by raising an irrelevant issue. The issue of the need to wake up in part of the owner before the rooster wakes up is completely irrelevant and is not an appropriate example either. The comparison being made here is perhaps a little over exaggerated and unrelated. Curtis offers a number of arguments to prove that cats are better pets than dogs. Some of them I do agree with like his claim that having a dog is like having a child.
BSL was made to try to regulate specific breeds of dogs. Usually, BSL targets breeds that are thought of as dangerous breeds. Proponents of BSL claim that BSL is a great way to reduce the threatening pit bull breed (www.animallaw.info, 2007). People who support BSL usually have imagined pit bulls as vicious dogs bred just to fight. BSL is slowly being seen as ineffective laws because leaders of communities are being educated more about pit bulls.
Animal farm parodies the events of the Russian Revolution mocks humanity’s morally weak government foundations. Under the rule of animalism, the seven commandments are representing their views of equality, allegorical of communism; this is further enforced through the characterisation of animals which draw links to past figures. These ideals are epitomised by Old Major, “a majestic looking pig” who poses as an allegory to Karl Marx the founder of communism. Old Major’s dream of an ideal world was brilliant but unrealistic. Through his speech, Major shapes one of the Revolution’s key notions, stating “Even when you have conquered him do not adopt his vices,”
Are they convincing? Are its criticisms similar to the timeless of business mentioned in the chapter? One of the basic criticisms that PETA makes of KFC is that they held KFC responsible for cruel treatment of chickens. They created this criticism with the hope that with KFC’s market power that they would be able to change the way chickens are slaughtered. PETA did not agree with the
The black bear can climb trees while he is retreating, by contrast, the brown bear has to stand his ground because his claws are too small and improperly shaped, so they must respond to danger by warding off any would be attackers. Bears have been dehumanized. An open dumpster in Yellowstone was closed because, both the black and brown came to associate humans with food and lost their natural fear of them. Many native American tribes both respected and feared the brown bear, even thinking it was a god. One tale tells of how the black bear was a great spirit, while the brown bear was created by the evil spirit.
The consequence of what will happen while wishes are made with “The Monkey’s Paw” at first is unknown. The family does not realize that wishing with the paw, is another test of what they were warned of from the beginning. The simian face that Mr. White see’s in the fire is an example of foreshadowing. In the story Mr. White says he saw the monkeys face in the dying fire. Also were spell is to represent the paw being evil.
"I don't think this will work," said the leopard. "Oh, yes it will," said the tiger. "You just go around saying that you can't help winning because I am a big palooka and I will go around saying I can't lose because you are a big palooka, and everybody will want to come and see the fight. "So the leopard went around telling everybody that he couldn't help winning because the tiger was a big palooka and the tiger went around telling everybody that he couldn't lose because the leopard was a big palooka. The night of the fight came and the tiger and the leopard were very hungry because they hadn't gone out and done any hunting at all; they wanted to get the fight over as soon as possible and eat some of the freshly killed wild boars which all the animals would bring to the fight.
Does the End Justify the Means? “The fact that the chimpanzee is our nearest zoological relative makes it perhaps the unluckiest animal on earth, because what the kinship has come to mean is that we feel free to do most of the things to a chimp that we refrain from doing to each other (94).” In the essay “The Pain of Animals” by David Suzuki, he provides an effective and knowledgeable argument concerning the extent humans exploit animals. Ultimately, Dr. Suzuki acknowledges the invaluable contributions derived from such exploitations; but he is compelled to raise awareness on the severity of how the violations of animal rights have escalated to an unprecedented and heartbreaking degree. Dr. Suzuki structures his essay well by beginning with a personal anecdote to humanize him aside from all his qualifications (geneticist, professor, awards, etc) and to appeal to the whole of his audience, not just colleagues, for the essay was published in The Globe newspaper (June 1988). The anecdote also employs pathos by evoking empathy towards the helpless and innocent squirrel that began to cry in “terror and anguish”; as a young Suzuki slung marbles, with the intent to kill for pleasure, at the squirrel (90).