In the novel “1984” by George Orwell, the Inner Party uses cruelty in a politically and socially effective way by using methods such as torture, starvation, imprisonment, and room 101 as crucial motivation for those being tortured to not only confess but repent of their sins against the party. Furthermore, the use of cruelty by the Inner Party unveils both the victim and perpetrator’s inner conscience. The use of cruelty throughout “1984” by the Inner Party and O’Brien reveals how cruelty functions in the work as a means of oppression and a catalyst of subservience.
The novel’s victims of cruelty all succumb to demotivation and fear, granting cruelty’s wielders more success. Through its overwhelming power, cruelty positions itself as the most efficient path to success. Morals hamper
Andre Dubus, short stories contain a common theme of revenge, morality, and justice. In “Killings” published in 1979, Andre displays the theme of revenge and justice through the development of characters, the title of the story, and the thrill of the suspense. Dubus neglects to take sides with the characters in the “Killings”, which leaves it upon the readers to make assumption whether the killings were justifiable. Dubus has a very unique style of writing, the main characters in “Killings” were given a choice that could’ve led them to a completely different outcome. Dubus keeps the readers on their toes because the opposite usually ends up happening.
Nowadays many people in the world are sensitive to how animals are treated in the meat packing industry. The reason the sensitivity is as widespread as it is now is thanks to Sinclair's vivid imagery he uses to capture the reader's attention and sympathy. The methods the packers used to kill the animals can be described as cruel and disgusting. "There was a long line of hogs, with squeals and life-blood ebbing away together, until at last each started again, and vanished with a splash into a huge vat of boiling water"(37). The cruelty of slaughtering the animals within the book, affects the visitors who witness the killings.
People should not have wild animals as pets. According to “Killer Pets” by Blair Rainsford, “ In 2009, a pet chimp attacked his owner’s friend. He bit off most of the woman’s face. Hundreds of other wild pets have attacked or killed their owners”. This shows how wild pets are dangerous and can attack you at any moment.
During the klondike rush, cruelty of work animals was a problem. Work animals were extremely important during the klondike rush. In the book “Call of the Wild,” by Jack London, characters named, Francois and Hal have very different views on work animals, because Hal sees work animals very differently than Francois. First, Francois is nice to his work animals, because he lets them rest and feeds them when they need it. Francois also enforces behavior.
According to Elizabeth Harman, an action that kills an animal even painlessly, is an action that harms the animal. If we indeed have strong moral reasons against causing pain to animals, Harman argues we must also have strong moral reasons against killing animals. This raises an objection to the Surprising Claim, which states that we have strong reasons against causing intense pain to animals, but only weak reasons against killing animals. The First View claims that killing an animal deprives it of a positive benefit (future life) but does not harm the animal.
The American Society for the Prevention of cruelty to Animals “We are their voice” this is the motto of The American society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (ASPCA) because they believe in standing up and fighting for the ones who can not stand up and fight for themselves. ASPCA was North America 's first established humane society and today is one of the world’s biggest. This interest group tries to influence the political process by asking for donations accompanied by a picture of a physically abused animal, on almost every page on their website to help raise money to help their cause and work against bills such as Ag-Gag legislation. Over the past couple years there has been the introduction of the Ag-Gag legislation. The farming
By making the setting of Chronicle of a Death Foretold, published in 1981 by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, as a small, quant town, Marquez allows the normality of city life to be slightly bended. Even given the year of the occurrence of the murder, most places would have a stricter surveillance on people planning to murder others and possessions of items lethal weapons. However, due to their everyday activities, the townspeople often and blatantly engage in violence without thinking twice about it. This is shown by the treatment of animals both rabid and domestic, and the entirety of Santiago’s murder.
Thesis: In these stories, “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Dahl, “A Jury of her Peers” by Susan Glaspell, the wives kill their husbands, and both the husbands are at fault, which caused their murders; There are many differences, but also many similarities. Although there are many, the reader, will see two comparisons between “Lamb to the Slaughter,” and “A Jury of her Peers”. First, in both stories the killers had help clearing the evidence away from the cops. Eerily enough, in “Lamb to the Slaughter,” the wife, Mary, had unintentional help finishing off her evidence. The murder weapon happened to be the leg of a lamb, and Mary offered up some lamb for the cops, as a sign of thanks for all their hard work, looking for her late husband.
One can have their minds in the right place, but the way they convey their thoughts may seem impractical. An analogy aims to prove a point by relating and comparing ideas that are familiar. They give the audience an opportunity to interpret and visualize words that the writer is using. In the novella The Lives of Animals by J.M Coetzee, Elizabeth Costello fails to prove the appropriateness for her analogies. Elizabeth is an avid supporter of animal rights who guest lectures at her son’s work to showcase the issues of “animal cruelty”.
The beast fable, Animal Farm had provided Orwell an ideal form to expose the Stalinist regime and to emphasize the danger of revolutionaries who are motivated by the desire for power rather than for justice. He chose to end Animal Farm with a parody of the Teheran Conference in 1943. The conference marked the first meeting of the Big Three, Stalin, Churchill, and Roosevelt, who assembled to discuss allied strategy for the remainder of the war, which by that time pointed to victory in Europe within the next years. In the course of the conference significant differences surfaced, over wartime strategy and also over the nature and extent of the soils to be claimed by the victors. It was clear that Stalin had intention to Eastern Europe, not as
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. A phrase told to people time and time again, which makes it ironic that they didn’t learn the meaning of the phrase the first time, and have to have it told to them again. In Animal Farm, this quote is proven through an allegory of the Russian Revolution. In the story, the animals blindly follow Napoleon and Squealer, and do/believe what they are told. The animals even forget what the farm was like when Mr. Jones was in charge.
The quote by Lord Acton, “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” is a good example of what is happening in the book Animal Farm by George Orwell. The pigs immediately gain control and leadership of the farm and eventually start to abuse the power. The pigs abuse their power by changing the commandments, living in luxury, and by treating the animals poorly. First and foremost, the pigs start changing the commandments to fit their acts and desires. In the beginning of the story, the animals decide on fair rules that everyone on the farm should abide by.
Published in 1945, Animal Farm is a satirical dystopian novella written by English author George Orwell, and is perhaps his best known work. An allegorical tale, Animal Farm tells a literal story - of the animals on the farm - that is intended to be representative of another situation - Stalin 's rise in the Soviet Union. Animal Farm opens on Manor Farm, where animals are subservient to their human master, a farmer named Jones. One night an aged boar called Old Manor calls a meeting of his fellow animals, and puts forth the call that they should one day rise up in rebellion against the humans who enslave them. Old Manor suggests that once humans have been overthrown, no animal should act like a human by sleeping in a bed, wearing clothes, drinking alcohol, or engaging in trade.
