“I am never afraid of what I know,” Anna Sewell once stated. One cannot cower from their knowledge if they are looking for success. Anna Sewell was a gentle Quaker lady born in 1820 in the UK and died in 1878, also in the UK that was educated at home. She had a disability that prevented her from ever walking upright but had a strong love for horses even in her final days. But she was most famous as a horse abuse preventing author. Anna Sewell produce more copies of Black Beauty than any other book in the US besides the Bible, striving for accuracy to innovate ways to overcome animal abuse - especially to horses - and illuminated the world by inspiring books and other projects to prevent animal abuse. “The fact remains that when you read Black …show more content…
“[This book is] perhaps the most successful and beloved animal story ever written” (reviewer of The Junior Book of Authors, 2002). She created a book so powerful that it moves the human heart, with her strong and successful attempt “to induce kindness, sympathy, and an understanding treatment of horses” (“Anna Sewell,” 2002). So she effectively saved horses from abuse while sending people on a fantastic journey. She also shed light on what was happening to horses and inspired people to be nicer to them, create other helpful projects, and primarily write more books in better ways. This book made an impact with its absorbing storyline. “In this story a well-bred horse talks, telling of his life's experiences as he goes from a loving master to a cruel one, until, after being used as a cart horse in unpleasant circumstances, he finally finds another kind owner” (“Anna Sewell,” 2002). The effects of her works included not only empathy to horses, but also inspiration to create more abuse stopping companies, inspiration to write better books, and, primarily, inspiration to dream. All of it just out of reach for this one author simply because she could not walk. But it all came true in the future from her thousands and thousands of readers just from her thirst for accuracy and because she embraced her knowledge. And because her readers did the
Literature is written in many ways and styles. During his time, Frederick Douglass’s works and speeches attracted many people’s attention. With the amount of works and speeches Douglass has given, it has influenced many others writers to express themselves more freely. Though Douglass lived a rigorous childhood, he still made it the best that he could, with the guidance and teaching of one of his slave owner’s wife he was able to read and write, thus allowing him to share his life stories and experiences. Douglass’s work today still remain of great impact and influence, allowing us to understand the reality of slavery, and thus inspiring many others to come out and share for others to understand.
In All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy reveals the limitations of a romantic ideology in the real world. Through his protagonist, John Grady Cole, the author offers three main examples of a man’s attempt to live a romantic life in the face of hostile reality: a failed relationship with an unattainable woman; a romantic and outdated relationship with nature; and an idealistic decision to live as an old-fashioned cowboy in an increasingly modern world. In his compassionate description of John Grady, McCarthy seems to endorse these romantic ideals. At the same time, the author makes clear the harsh reality and disappointments of John Grady’s chosen way of life.
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Many people raved about her works and one woman even said, “I could say Betty Smith taught me how to read, to hear a story, to care so much about words on the page that they began to form the shape of a living being who took up residence in my heart, and in doing so taught me how to write” (Laux,
Selah's Painted Dream (Susan Counts) couldn't have released at a more opportune time, because in our household, summer is synonymous with reading. I selected this book with my 10-year-old daughter in mind. Like I was at her age, she is totally captivated by horses and all things equestrian (movies, books, and even clothing). Then, of course, there is the cover which I don't believe even the most reluctant reader could resist!
Throughout the eighteenth century there were a lot of African American slaves and a problem with women’s rights. During that time there were people writing about literature and the society around them that related to slaves. There were a lot of people influenced on what was written during that time. Frances E. W. Harper was a American poet that was a free slave. Hse wrote about her views on the world. Analysis of Harpers life and poems will show how influenced she was through her writing.
Animal cruelty occurs all over the world. The human race has a major effect on the natural world, especially animals. Animal cruelty is an example of how man has taken advantage of his power. Those exhibiting cruelty towards animals have been proven to have a tendency to harbor violent psychological problems. Animal cruelty occurs all over the world. Fortunately, many countries have enacted laws and penalties to stop this harsh behavior.
Throughout the book, Robert develops a bond with the animals as he lacks connections with the everyday people in his life. Robert’s natural instinct to save but failure to do so is portrayed with horses: “I’m going to break ranks and save ...
Animals are used today for many sources of protection, food, clothing, transportation, sports, entertainment, and labor, but millions of these animals die each year from abuse. “Most of the reasons that people give for denying animals rights are: animals do not have souls, god gave humans dominion over the animals, humans are intellectually superior to animals, humans are intellectually superior to animals, animals do not reason, think, or feel pain like humans do, animals are a natural resource to used as humans see fit, and animals kill each other” (Evans). It all started in the nineteenth century, when people began abusing animals by beating them, feeding them poorly, providing them with no shelter or poor shelter, left to die if they were sick or old, or by cruel sports. Most of the organized efforts to improve human treatment of animals all started in England. Around the 1800s, there was signs of rising concern for animal welfare in the United States.
Hopkins, like her contemporaries, also focused heavily on education in this novel. The ability to read and write seems to be the constituent that has allowed the Negro to progress over the years. Novels, poem, newspapers, and magazines were medium...
From poverty to stardom Louisa May Alcott has thrived through many trials and tribulations, but with her unremitting passion and determination, Alcott became a well-known author and role model. Alcott experienced many setbacks in her life. With these setbacks, she was able to create stories that portrayed her life experiences. Alcott’s writings captured the hearts of young children to grown adults. Although she lived for only fifty-five years, she showed her audacity to be support herself and her family.
Like any other novel or short story, a lot can be learned about the actual story by understanding the historical content embedded in the piece. Louise Erdrich draws from her her imagination, life experiences, and social climate to piece together American Horse into a fictitious short story that somehow manages to give the reader a very real sense of the socioeconomic divide between the two groups portrayed in the story.
In order to further discuss her main points and views, a summary of her story
In Steinbeck's classic tale of a young boy's coming of age and his initiation into manhood, this sense of life and rebirth played harmonious roles together. As a typical ten year old boy in a western farming village, Jody basically~y felt the need to justify his manliness, and to prove to his parents that he alone could handle immense responsibilities that others of his own age couldn't. To test this exact faith, a horse, named Gabilan, was handed to Jody by his stem father, ironically called Carl Tifflin instead of "dad." The horse, in fact, proved to be Steinbeck's reoccurring message throughout the remainder of the novel. Testing the patience between man and horse, and also the boy's great love for the beastly animal, it is learned of the need to develop discipline in order to cope with life and with death and the violence associated with it.
Animal Cruelty has many forms, many reasons and most importantly many victims. It is a growing problem in today’s society. Many people may wonder why people abuse animals. The thought is simple, however the answer is a little more complex, there are three main types of animal cruelty. The three reasons are as follows: unintentional, intentional, and cruel intentions. I will discuss each one in more detail.