Yann Martel's Life Of Pi

One of the main differences between humans and animals is opposable thumbs. Aside from that, humans and animals have a lot more in common than you would think. We hunt for our food like wolves do. We care for and look after each other like elephants do. Our parents protect us like male lions do. In fact, humans and chimps act so much alike it's scary. Lennie in Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck is often compared to an animal when speaking about his actions and body features. Even though John Steinbeck uses animal imagery throughout Of Mice and Men to help show that Lennie lacks common sense, the animal imagery is also used to show the reader that Lennie is innocent and childlike, and has a great work ethic.

In the article, “A Change of Heart about Animals”, by Jeremy Rifkin argues about how scientists have shown and proven that there are many similarities between animals and humans. Jeremy Rifkin believes animals should be treated with more empathy and that the animals should be treated more like humans. I agree with this statement and that they should be treated better with more animal rights.

Animals help humans by changing their lives. ¨I think it's also true, though in a different way, that all animals make us human (Grandin, pg 153, pp 2).¨ Animals make our lives easier. Animals were impacted by this changed in humans because they show that they are being helpful. Animals also learned new ways how they can teach humans.

In the article “A Change of Heart about Animals” Jeremy Rifkin uses scientific evidence to reason with us that “many of our fellow creatures are more like us than we had ever imagined”. Rifkin suggests that animals should be treated better and be provided with better living conditions. He uses Betty and Koko as examples that animals have higher intellectual abilities and emotions than we thought. Many scientists also argued that animals do not have an understanding of death or capable of grief, but Rifkin counteracts that argument by using elephants as evidence to show that they are capable of grief.

Jeremy Rifkin is a very talented writer. In his article, “A Change of Heart about Animals,” Rifkin states the many different examples and studies that prove his argument, which states, “…many of our fellow creatures are more like us than we had ever imagined.” Rifkin is completely correct in this and does a wonderful job of proving his point. Animals are a lot more like us than imagined.

Reading "Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat" by Hal Herzog and watching TED Talks by guest speakers, I noticed that the main idea that these sources focus on are the several different types of animal-human relationships. Here is where I came to a conclusion. I have always wondered how a relationship between humans and animals forms. If a pet is a private and homely animal that is kept for companionship and the pleasure of one 's family, then what holds such a strong bond between animals and human when we are so different from each other?

In the assert of ¨A Change Of Heart about Animals¨ by Jeremy Rifkin, the author strongly supports animals rights and has been working to prove animal intelligences and emotions can see understand through science. Rifkin include pig´s studies at Purdue University, where scientists found the animal can feel depressed under isolated conditions or health problems. Even Dr Arthur Saniotis, fellow with the University's School of Medical Sciences stated, ¨science tells us that animals can have cognitive faculties that are superior to human beings." Due to the rise of the agriculture evolution, people going to consume animals as property and began viewing human as superiority for our exclusive aptitude in reasoning. Human began to break themselves from the nature when technology and standard language imply in everyday life in the world.

In an article based on an interview published in Time Magazine, “A Change of Heart About Animals”. Jeremy Rifkin expresses his views about the similarity behavior and emotional state between us humans and animals, with the purpose to change the way of how we see and feel about them. “We’re so skewed toward efficiency that we’ve lost our sense of humanity. What we need to do is to bring back a sense of the sacred”, Rifkin, argues. He supports his arguments with the findings of many researchers around the globe. Researchers that come from very prestigious institutions using different species of animals, we’re talking about crows, elephants, geese, etc. Not your ordinary lab rats and monkeys (which they don’t have anything

Jeremy Rifkin had made such impact on readers through his article “A Change of Heart about Animals”. Not only did he inform us the reality that animals do have feelings, he also unbounded the label we had long given to the animals, thus fully altered our perspectives about these fellow creatures. In regard to the influence, I myself am not excluded. As a matter of fact, since I was a kid, I have started raising pets. As long as it seems, I have built myself an assumption about these domestic animals as they don’t differ much from humans’ natural behavior in life. They have feelings, family and awareness of surroundings.

Are animals really like humans? According to “A Change of Heart about Animals”, written by Jeremy Rifkin, they are. Animals can do all sorts of stuff from doing cool things, to being a great house pet. They also need the human life to help them live their life because they have gotten so used to being around humans and doing human like things. Therefore, animals are like humans because they can show and feel emotion, have the ability to learn, and can adapt to human life.

One argues that animals aren’t like humans but how can they prove that? People who disagree with Rifkin haven’t brought up any valid points, sources, or experiments to prove Rifkin wrong. Unlike the people who believe that animals aren’t like humans, Rifkin performs several experiments to prove how animals show humanity. I agree that animals are similar with humans because they’ve proven their sense of awareness in situations. In “A Change of Heart about Animals”, there was a study on pig behavior where Purdue University found that pigs crave affection

Have you ever noticed that people and animals can relate with each other in many different ways? It’s probably never even crossed your mind. But,now you are reading my story and that thought will cross your mind every second,every minute,and every hour of your life. In my three paragraphs I will explain how 3 stories relate to the unit topic. The stories that show the real meaning of people and animals relating are “Monkey Master”, “from My Life With the Chimpanzees”, and “Black Cowboy,Wild Horses.”

Many animals can think like humans and other species. Like elephants, parrots, whales, and apes. In the film “Blackfish,” it shows the similarity between animals and humans. They all show similar qualities as a human. The Whales save humans as well as speak in a language like humans. The parrots talk like humans, and can mimic humans and other species. The traits between the humans and elephants are mourning, communication, mischief, empathy, and family bonds.

For countless years, animals and humans have always competed for survival on this earth; however, in doing so, the coexistence has created a symbiotic relationship. Because animals were utilized for their meat, skin, fiber, and bones, humans also included animals in their culture, religion, and stories. As long as humans and animals coexist, then so will animals in art. As domesticated animals arose, such as dogs and cats, humans began to view animals not only as a resource or subject of a story, but as companions. Throughout the years, this dependency upon animals for survival and companionship bled into the culture of humans. Thus, whether it is for tools, clothing, religion, or entertainment, animals will always be in art.

The animal kingdom and the human kingdom are not much different from each other. Look to the animal world to learn great lessons about moderation, strength, defense, nurturing, and symbiosis.