A Change Of Heart About Animals: Rifkin's Analysis
Who Really Is The Animal?
How many times people give all their trust, love and affection to someone who
inevitably cheats, betrays or disappoints them? Who has the chance to cure and take
care of an animal knows that this wont' ever happen, they remain faithful and loving by
your side in whatever situation.
There are striking similarities between human and animal beings, from their astonishing
intellectual and cognitive abilities, to their widely developed emotional side. People should
reconsider and change the way they treat and relate our fellow creatures, legally and in
everyday life, because they are much more than an experiment, or a children amusement or
an accessorize, they are living beings.
Jeremy Rifkin is an American writer, public speaker and activist who wrote an article for
the Los Angeles Times in 2003 , meaningfully dense from the title: " A Change Of Heart
About Animals". In this article he sheds light on the human like qualities of animals,
emphasizing how similar they are to us, providing examples like persuasive studies and
accurate data. Our everyday companions do have empathy, intelligence and feelings and
should be treated as such.
The author starts building up his credibility with precise and sophisticated diction
through the entire text, and making use of universally highly recognized sources. Referring
to studies on pigs' social behavior at Purdue University or to findings published in the
Journal of Science, he obtains the attention and the trust of the reader. In fact references to
the highest level universities and science magazines, give the reader a sense of
How many times people give all their trust, love and affection to someone who
inevitably cheats, betrays or disappoints them? Who has the chance to cure and take
care of an animal knows that this wont' ever happen, they remain faithful and loving by
your side in whatever situation.
There are striking similarities between human and animal beings, from their astonishing
intellectual and cognitive abilities, to their widely developed emotional side. People should
reconsider and change the way they treat and relate our fellow creatures, legally and in
everyday life, because they are much more than an experiment, or a children amusement or
an accessorize, they are living beings.
Jeremy Rifkin is an American writer, public speaker and activist who wrote an article for
the Los Angeles Times in 2003 , meaningfully dense from the title: " A Change Of Heart
About Animals". In this article he sheds light on the human like qualities of animals,
emphasizing how similar they are to us, providing examples like persuasive studies and
accurate data. Our everyday companions do have empathy, intelligence and feelings and
should be treated as such.
The author starts building up his credibility with precise and sophisticated diction
through the entire text, and making use of universally highly recognized sources. Referring
to studies on pigs' social behavior at Purdue University or to findings published in the
Journal of Science, he obtains the attention and the trust of the reader. In fact references to
the highest level universities and science magazines, give the reader a sense of