Factory Farming essays

Factory Farming essays The human race has a way of masking its deepest and darkest aspects. We, as a race, would rather make everything look pleasant. This human characteristic can be seen by looking at what animal farming has become in recent times. A change in the way farming is carried out has taken place. The farming industry has become a highly cruel and competitive business in which the well being of animals is no longer taken into consideration. The only concern is finding the easiest was to make large amounts of money. This current and degraded style of animal farming is called factory farming. As human beings, we may like to believe that each and every one of us is a decent person. We perhaps would rather believe that not a single person in our species is capable of delivering heartless and inhumane treatment towards animals. It would be nice if this was the case. It is not. With a strong mind and with strength and courage we can look through the masked world that some corporations have tried to create and see the truth. In this case it is the difference between believing the false world that large and greedy corporations try to create for us or looking beyond it to find the truth. In order to understand the truth, we must be aware of the whole picture. While we may understandably buy into the views that large corporations (such as McDonalds) promote, it is also important to understand how animals are treated in the process of delivering us these (seemingly very convenient) fast foods. Just recently my eyes were opened up and I was shown the entire picture around factory farming. Previously, I was completely unaware of this harsh mistreatment towards animals. By looking back on myself and seeing how oblivious I was it is easy to see how many other Americans are either unaware or in denial of the of the ugly facts around factory farming. There are many causes to the current unfortunate practices in the factory farming in...

Torvald Helmers Monologue From A Dolls House

Torvald Helmer's Monologue From 'A Doll's House' Torvald Helmer, the male lead in A Doll’s House, can be interpreted in several ways. Many readers view him as a domineering, self-righteous control freak. Yet, Torvald can also be seen as a cowardly, misguided but sympathetic husband who fails to live up to his own ideal. In either case, one thing is for certain: He does not understand his wife. In this scene, Torvald reveals his ignorance. Moments before this monolog he declared he no longer loved his wife because she had brought shame and legal calamity to his good name. When that conflict suddenly evaporates, Torvald recants all of his hurtful words and expects the marriage to go back to â€Å"normal.† Unbeknownst to Torvald, his wife Nora is packing up her things during his speech. As he speaks these lines, he believes he is repairing her wounded feelings. In truth, she has outgrown him and plans to leave their home forever. The Monologue Torvald:(Standing at Nora’s doorway.) Try and calm yourself, and make your mind easy again, my frightened little singing-bird. Be at rest, and feel secure; I have broad wings to shelter you under. (Walks up and down by the door.) How warm and cozy our home is, Nora. Here is a shelter for you; here I will protect you like a hunted dove that I have saved from a hawks claws; I will bring peace to your poor beating heart. It will come, little by little, Nora, believe me. Tomorrow morning you will look upon it all quite differently; soon everything will be just as it was before. Very soon you wont need me to assure you that I have forgiven you; you will yourself feel the certainty that I have done so. Can you suppose I should ever think of such a thing as repudiating you or even reproaching you? You have no idea what a true mans heart is like, Nora. There is something so indescribably sweet and satisfying, to a man, in the knowledge that he has forgiven his wife- forgiven her freely, and with all his heart. It seems as if that had made her, as it were, doubly his own; he has given her a new life, so to speak, and she is in a way become both wife and child to him. So you shall be for me after this, my little scared, helpless darling. Have no anxiety about anything, Nora; only be frank and open with me, and I will serve as will and conscience both to you- . What is this? Not gone to bed? Have you changed your things?