The book Call of the Wild conveys the theme that some humans treat animals with cruelty and disrespect. This theme is shown in the text, for example, because the trio would over work Buck and the other sled dogs to a point where they could no longer work and also whip them if they did not move fast enough. This shows one of the cruel ways some people might treat animals. 4 reasons why the theme some humans treat animals with disrespect in call of the wild is shown because in the text for example the man in the red sweater would club the dogs.This is shown in the text’’But the club of the man in the red sweater had beaten into him a more fundamental and primitive code.’’ This shows that the man in the red sweater would beat back into obeying …show more content…
In quick rage he sprang at the man, who met him halfway, grappled him close by the throat, and with a deft twist threw him over on his back.’’ This shows that Manuel tricked Buck and treated him cruelly. A third example of how this theme conveys some of the humans' treatment of animals is cruel and disrespectful is when the trio over works the entire sled team and not just buck. They make the dogs pull an overweight load and under feed them, causing them to get exhausted, but the trio forces them to work. This is shown in the text ‘’The lazy brutes, I’ll show them,” he cried, preparing to lash out at them with the whip.’’ The fourth and final reason why the book Call of the Wild conveys the theme that some humans treat animals with cruelty and disrespect is that in the text it says’’Their feet fell heavily on the trail, jarring their bodies and doubling the fatigue of a day's travel. There was nothing in the matter with them except that they were dead tired. It was not the dead-tiredness that comes through brief and excessive effort, from which recovery is a matter of hours.’’ This shows that the dogs have been overworked and they can barely handle the fatigue and pain of the intense
A long, long time ago, God decided to punish the wicked people, but before he did that, he instructed Noah to build an ark and fill it with two of every animal he can find along with his family. Animals and humans. The book I would like to use throughout this essay is “ Crossing ,” by Gary Paulsen. This book took place in Juarez, Mexico, where a bridge could mean so much. Each character in this book was being compared to an animal, to make us more understand about each of them. Each of them are also different. From the shape of their eyes, the way they react to something, and those are what made each of them different and special. Paulson compares animals and humans by their simliar characteristics and their behaviors.
He uses heavily connotated dictions to strike terror in the hearts of all the animals, making statements such as, “but no animal escapes the cruel knife in the end. You young porkers who are sitting in front of me, every one of you will scream your lives out at the block within a year. To that horror we all must come--cows, pigs, hens, sheep, everyone. Even the horses and dogs have no better fate” (9). In this section of his speech, Old Major subtly uses graphic words such as cruel and horror further generate more hate towards the farmer, Mr. Jones, as well as Man as a whole. Old Major goes on to expound of the bountiful grievances the animals have suffered, and lists the gruesome fates that await singular animals, as well as more vices of Man. His use of vivid imagery creates dread among the animals, definitively convincing the animals that Man is their only
The author uses diction in the passages to signify the effect of the author¡¯s meaning in story and often sway readers to interpret ideas in one way or another. The man in the story arrives to a ¡°[dry] desert¡± where he accosts an animal with ¡°long-range attack¡± and ¡°powerful fangs.¡± The author creates a perilous scene between the human and animal in order to show that satisfaction does not come from taking lives. With instincts of silence and distrust, both of them freeze in stillness like ¡°live wire.¡± In addition, the man is brought to the point where animal¡¯s ¡°tail twitched,¡± and ¡°the little tocsin sounded¡± and also he hears the ¡°little song of death.¡± With violence ready to occur, the man tries to protect himself and others with a hoe, for his and their safety from the Rattler. The author criticizes how humans should be ¡°obliged not to kill¡±, at least himself, as a human. The author portrays the story with diction and other important techniques, such as imagery, in order to influence the readers with his significant lesson.
The poem above speaks volumes about the nature of man’s best friend. Dogs are not inherently bad, but are rather “a product of their environment”. The same principle applies to the world’s most misunderstood breed of dog. When you hear the phrase “pit bull”, what do you think? A savage beast, murdered out of cold blood?
McCarthy uses detailed descriptions, creates a somber mood through religious references, and elucidates upon the main character’s perspective to convey the impact of the experience on the protagonist. His actions reveal significant care and respect for the animal, as it seems difficult for the protagonist to cope with the loss of such a great creature. McCarthy portrays the wolf through an uncommon perspective; a frightful and beastly creature is transformed into a magnificent and bold animal. The wolf is pictured as an animal destined for honor and high admiration through its spiritual characteristics. Emphasis on the wolf’s positive qualities reveals human beings’ tendency to ignore the favorable characteristics of an individual or animal. Human beings commonly disregard the inner beauty all creatures possess.
The recipe in the end of the excerpt hints the audience of Foer’s implicit message for the last time through exaggeration, which might be taken quite literal by dog owners and/or lovers due to the vivid imagery that appeals to their pathos, but to animal lovers, the exaggeration works as a reversal that forces the audience to realize that other animals also undergo the same pain as dogs when they are supposedly cooked.
Giving animals credit for human emotions allows us to empathize with them. The woman in “The Buffalo” longs to empathize with an animal, one who can “teach her to keep her own hatred. . . .which belonged to her by right but which she could not attain in grief” (Lispector, 1972: p. 152). As a recently devastated woman, all she wants to do is loathe the man who broke her heart, but she is unable to do so because of her undeniable love for him. She believes that an animal can best demonstrate the feeling she cannot find on her own. When she comes across the buffalo, she is finally able to understand the feeling of hatred within her, because the buffalo’s passivity reflects her subconsciously projected emotions. In doing this, she is able to empathize with the animal and learn more about herself.
The dominant theme to this story is that all life is to be respected and preserved. A proof for this is that the protagonist, Rainsford, is at first disrespectful of animals when he hunts. He is then placed into the animal’s role in a twisted hunt, and—due to the horrors he experiences—becomes more respectful. More support to back this claim is that General Zaroff, the epitome of disregard for life, is defeated by Rainsford at the end. However, this is not the most accurate theme of the story, and these examples also support another theme: animals, and life in general, are not respected and never truly will be, and we should all come to terms with this fact.
all the hunted animals convey connotations of evil, and this is doubtless the reason why the author of the poem seems so involved in the outcome of the hunts and never tires of triumphantly describing the final slaying of the pursued animals. (Howard 85)
A wild animal’s life remains destroyed and many lives have ended, all for dangerous entertainment.
There was a lot of animals in the gold rush. They were beaten and forced to work. They were used as sled dogs to carry them and their supplies up and down the hills and mountains. Animals were treated very bad during the gold rush. They would get fed barely anything each day. You would not want to be a dog during their time. They were not man's best friend, more like man’s best work tool.
In Jack London’s, The Call of the Wild, London shows that decivilization is a necessary and key part of surviving in the harsh Northland environment, during the Klondike Gold rush. London starts his story by introducing the main character, Buck, a well mannered dog who lives a comfortable and carefree life in the sunny Santa Clara Valley with his family and other dogs. The story takes a turn, when Buck is stolen, and taken to the Northland where he will be a sled dog. In the new harsh environment, Buck must decivilize in order to survive. London shows one of the first cases of how decivilization is key for survival early on in the story. After Buck is taken to the Northland, he begins his work as a sled dog under the leadership of two men,
Bekoff, Marc, and Jessica Pierce. Wild Justice: The Moral Lives of Animals. Chicago: U of Chicago
There are many examples of cruelty in literary works. Literary works such as plays, novels, films, short stories, and poetry. One may believe that cruelty is a way of life. Cruelty is included in great works of literature such as The Crucible, The Scarlet Letter, Bartleby, The Red Badge of Courage, The Last of the Mohicans, Lottery, Dr. Heidigger’s Experiment, Redburn, Angel of Death, Gold Bug, The Tell-tale Heart, and Night. The following is an explanation of the cruelty and the result of it.
The dog they rescued is a particularly prominent topic, a vestige of the past civilizations. In defiance of the treacherous environment, the dog managed to survive, a feat that even Lisa, the most cold-blooded of the three main characters, could not help but be “impressed by” (Bacigalupi 61). Therefore, the dog is a symbol of hope for the reader, an animal that is in the extreme, completely out of its element, and yet capable of surviving. As a result, nature’s idea of itself is astoundingly resilient, keeping certain species alive as an attempt to return to the normal state of the world. Even after horrendous trauma the natural world is still capable of a stalwart attempt at reclaiming itself. Accordingly, it is never too late to start fixing the damages and help nature’s cause, before allowing it to escalate to such a degree where the oceans are black with pollution and there is no room left for the humans of today. Chen could not help but notice that the dog is different than them in more than just a physiological nature; “there’s something there” and it’s not a characteristic that either them or the bio-jobs are capable of (64). Subsequently, the dog has something that the evolved humans are missing, compassion. In consequence, the author portrays the idea that the dog