In
this blog I will discuss something about the video From Farm to Fridge. The
video shows us what the animals suffer from before they become the meat in our
fridge. In the video, “slaves” and “machines” are the best words to describe these
poor animals. As is presented, animals are confined in the crowded factory
farms, losing the freedom to do and meet their basic natural behaviors and
need. Worst, animals are hurt and killed cruelly as to adjust them to the
unnatural condition and improve their productivity.
Animals
are treated violently and get no freedom just like the slaves. They are
confined in the tiny cages so that they cannot behave naturally. To adapt themselves
to the over-crowded space, they are also removed part of their bodies without
any tools reducing their pain. For
instance, the tailors of cows and swine are cut off. We cannot imagine how
painful the animas are. Humans beings take it for granted that they are the most
advanced animals and they have the rights to govern all of the other animals. Consequently,
they treat the animals as slaves and force the animals to do everything in
order to meet with their own need.
In
terms of the businesspeople, animals are producing machines rather than the
life. In order to improve the productivity, they neglect the welfare of the
animals. If the animals don’t have or lose the ability to produce, they will be
thought killed without hesitation. As we can see in the video, a great amount
of male chickens are killed not long before hatching because they cannot lay
eggs or grow up rapidly as female chickens. Once animals cannot contribute to the
productivity, they are thought useless and are abandoned as a broken machine.
Hello Jiesi, my name is Janet and I am training to become a peer tutor. I really like how you compared the animals to slaves. You have some amazing metaphors in your work. Like when you say "Once animals cannot contribute to the productivity, they are thought useless and are abandoned as a broken machine". I really like the way you put that together to get your point across. Something you might want to do is re-read your work. There are certain parts of your summary that I found myself getting confused with and had to go back and read it again. Some of your great ideas get lost, because of command of the language. For example when you wrote "We cannot imagine how painful the animals are" your point would have come across more clearer if you said "We cannot imagine the pain the animal are in". There were just a few grammatical errors that you might want to look into but other than that, I think you did a great job summarizing the video. Thank you for allowing me to read your work.
ReplyDeleteHello Jiesi, well I did have a clear understanding of your summary. Your work did actually help me have a clear image of the over worked animals and what was occurring in these factories. Which is attributed to the metaphors and similes you used as literary devices to give the reader a better understanding of the cruelty that is carried on in these factories. "Animals are treated violently and get no freedom just like the slaves" is an example of your great use of literary devices. Your paragraphs seem to have a clear main topic to assist your main claim. However, you should look over your work because there was something that was unclear. "We cannot imagine how painful the animals are" is something you should revise.I haven't watched the video that you are summarizing but I have obtained a clear understanding of what the video was about through your summary.
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