JOHN;Hi mr snake? MR SNAKE;I am not fine. JOHN;Why are you not fine? MR SNAKE;Everyone is hunting me,every animal almost is looking for me,I think I am the most hated reptile on this planet. JOHN;I think it is because you are very poisonous. MR SNAKE;Be serious John,80% of us snakes are not poisonous.Don’t you know people who have befriended snakes and they are their pet animals? JOHN;Are you sure? MR SNAKE;Have you not gone to the zoo? How many snakes are there? JOHN;Most animals in the zoo are incapacitated by removing the dangerous claws,teeth or fangs. MR SNAKE;However with us animals if you do not threaten us with danger we cannot do any harm to you,we can communicate,we have our own psychology,for example how many children have been …show more content…
MR SNAKE;Who told human beings that snakes are devils?It is God who created us,is it satan who created us? Now if satan comes in form of a human being and does havoc should we start calling all human beings satanic? That would be a fallacy indeed!! JOHN;Indeed you are persuasive and cunning as all snakes are,hope you are not going to bite me very soon. MR SNAKE;You are hypocritical as most human beings are and even callous I hope you are not looking for a club to hit me to death. JOHN;Snakes,snakes what can we do finish you off this planet earth? MR SNAKE;My friend John I would like you not only to sympathise with us but have empathy for us.We snakes we do not have legs,we snakes we do not have hands and God the super creater and master planner created us with poison as our defence and a lot of strength.Imagine if most of us did not have poison by now we would be extinct. JOHN;Do snakes also make love? MR SNAKE;There is no animal that does not make love,it is a gift from God.We snakes we really enjoy it and we are not jealous like human beings.When we are making love other snakes just observe without interference. JOHN;You are really wonderful …show more content…
MRS DOG;Really? SAM;Yaa! You feed on bread,milk,pork,beef. You sleep in very comfortable beds.You receive medical treatment when you fall sick.You are washed with shampoo. MRS DOG;Sam! Are you not really exaggerating? SAM; I know what I am saying,now some priviledged dogs have rights that some human beings do not have.You have organisations of animal rights.You travel in motor cars and earoplanes while even smiling. MRS DOG;Sam! You must be a jealous human being.So you do not want us to be happy/ SAM;I do want you to be happy but how can animals be happier than human beings. MRS DOG;Its their own fault,don’t they have better brains to be creative.We dogs are creative and hard working.We use the talents God gave us.Some of us do detective work of police,we are policedogs.We help detect bombs,we help in hunting,we can defend the home.I know human beings,some of them are too lazy to work. SAM;You are really very persuasive and informative.That is why human beings decided to live with you.You are very
The snake’s calm demeanor when they first meet, his confidence and power, and his gruesome death help evoke sympathy in the reader. The reader’s first impression of the snake is that “he held his ground in calm watchfulness.” His stance was tense, but not threatening, as “his head was not drawn back to strike.” He does not intend to attack without being provoked; he
Probably the two utmost, one dimensional characters in A Feast of Snakes are Hard Candy Sweet and Susan Gender. These two are present in the story solely to be viewed as sexual icons. In the essay “Crews’s Women,” by Patricia V. Beatty, Beatty examines that “they are empty and vacuous, like Barbie dolls run wild. The men in A Feast of Snakes do not really perceive them as threats, but only as convenient sexual objects” (119). Their ways of making love are aggressive and, in Hard Candy’s case, is compared to the roughness of playing football. Even within ...
I'd be working in a place like this if I could afford a real snake?"
The effect the reader perceives in the passage of Rattler is attained from the usage of the author¡¯s imagery. The author describes the pre-action of the battle between the man and the snake as a ¡°furious signal, quite sportingly warning [the man] that [he] had made an unprovoked attack, attempted to take [the snake¡¯s] life... ¡± The warning signal is portrayed in order to reveal the significance of both the man¡¯s and the snake¡¯s value of life. The author sets an image of how one of their lives must end in order to keep the world in peace. In addition, the author describes how ¡°there was blood in [snake¡¯s] mouth and poison dripping from his fangs; it was all a nasty sight, pitiful now that it was done.¡± This bloody image of snake¡¯s impending death shows the significance of the man¡¯s acceptance toward the snake. In a sense, the reader can interpret the man¡¯s sympathy toward the snake because of the possibility that he should have let him go instead of killing him.
The snake was not aware of the man’s intentions was cautious but not yet preparing for an attack. The rattlesnake “lay ridged” through its mistrust of the man did not feel threatened so his “body was undulant” not preparing for an attack. Because of its natural instincts the snake was wary of the man’s presence but did not feel provoked enough to set up a defense. The usual instincts would have been to give a strong attack but choose not to do so. Still attentive to the man’s possible actions, the snake presents him with a warning for both their sake. Therefore as the man raised his weapon the snake set up its rattling and “shook his fair but furious signal” warning the man he “made an unprovoked attack”. The snake had not planned on attacking the man so instead of reacting swiftly the snake had given the man a warning. By doing so the snake shows its value of life because he left the man chance in avoiding an outcome with death for either side. Consequently having misjudged the man’s intent it is left with little time to protect itself from an unexpected attack. With the man suddenly attacking the snake with a hoe it “struck passionately” until it “was soon dead”. As a result of not being able to assemble an attack the snake is left with it’s only chance of winning by striking hard but with ineffective moves. Thus readers feel sympathy for the snake because it had not called for an attack that would have taken either
The point I am trying to prove here is, Sykes would always want to scare Delia with a snake, the first time it was with the bull whip and the last night Sykes put the snake in the soap box to scared Delia to death. Little did Sykes know Delia had faced her fears and learned how to overcome of the snakes. Towards the end of the story when Sykes was supposed to be the master of catching Snakes, the rattle snake makes a transparent sound and bites Sykes. He wanted to scare Delia lifeless but his plan back fired on him.
Throughout several myths, monsters are described as many diverse creatures. At first glance, they all seem very distinctive. However, each monster is like a combination of several qualities and characteristics that are matched in different ways to form the monsters that appear in myths such as Hercules, Bellerophon, and Perseus. All monsters have very distinct looks that make them inferior to humans. Generally, they are a mixture of two or more different animals such as snakes, lions, or humans and they may have multiple heads. For example, Cerberus was a horrific three-headed dog that had the tail of a dragon and his back was covered with snakes. Several monsters have some part of them from a snake. Snakes symbolize an evil quality and that is why many monsters are forms of them. Cerberus had his whole back covered in snakes and a dragon tail. Both of these are snake-like parts that contribute to Cerberus looking terrifying. His tail is from a dragon which is very similar to a snake and his back is filled with snakes like fur. The Hydra of Lerna is also an im...
Exotic pets threaten the safety of the community for they pose potential risks of injury and fatality. Natural animal instincts and lack of proper care can trigger destructive behaviours of animals, injuring their owners or other community members. There has been a total of 543 human injuries and 75 deaths as a result of exotic pets, including 52 year old woman killed by a Bengali tiger (http://channel.nat......). These numbers illustrate the risk that exotic animals pose to owners and community members. Keith Gisser, an exotic reptile owner claims he's “not the kind of animal owner neighbours need to worry about”, yet Brian Johnson Gisser's neighbour says on of the reptile owner's snakes escaped into his backyard (www.wkyc.com....). Injury and fatalities are a risk, endangering the community when exotic animals are kept as pets which is yet another reason why owning them should be illegal.
Over centuries, humankind has searched for the line where positive and negative influence over nature intersect. “The Rattler”, a tale of a man and a rattlesnake who cross paths in the desert, deals with this very question. The individual is at first cautious of the snake, thinking it best to leave the dangerous creature alone. But at the thought of the nearby neighbors, he takes it upon himself to kill it, and then continues on into the night. The author uses comparison, diction and personification in “The Rattler” to promote sympathy for both characters: the snake and the man.
The sight of the snake is so heartbreaking that even the man is left to rethink
"…But if there was a snake we'd hunt and kill it. We're going to hunt
He looks around and sees that this is not his village and then he realizes three centuries have past and he opens the box and immediately his hair turns white and his skin wrinkles and then his body withers away into dust.” The snake legends vary in time periods. Not all snake legends happen in Japan.
Alligator, which safeguards the family from dangers, is a snake-dog. There are animals especially snakes that could harm or kill the family members. “One feels the bush as the common enemy” (Matthews,
The use of words like silently, softly, in the beginning when he is first describing the snake and the snake's motions, serve to get ...
snake to a god, a king, and a lord of life. It almost seems as he