Animal Testing Rhetorical Analysis

Language is powerful and can evoke guilt, fear, admiration, and joy. At times, however, emotional language has a negative effect when the author uses words that seem to disrespect or guilt the audience. In Gary Steiner’s essay “Animal, Vegetable, Miserable,” Steiner debates that veganism is the only acceptable lifestyle because it does not endanger the lives of animals. Although Steiner clearly explains his firm stance, he uses a disdainful tone when relating personal struggles that ultimately disconnects the audience. Steiner does not relate and does not effectively prove veganism would end all animal suffering. Instead of discussing the advantages of veganism in an objective manner, Steiner’s tone comes across as arrogant and fails to create

Today I am going to talk to you about why exactly animal testing is unethical and unnecessary, and what you all as an audience can do to make this happen.

Animal Farm begins on Manor Farm, where overworked, tired, and hungry animals are unhappy in the conditions that they are in, but when an old boar named Old Major introduces the idea of a rebellion and encourages the animals to take control over the farm, the animals begin an uprising against the humans, taking control over the land and renaming the farm “Animal Farm.” However, greedy and corrupt leaders rise to power and turn a once prosperous farm, into a nightmare. In Animal Farm, George Orwell asserts the idea that absolute power results in corruption. Napoleon and the other pigs, interested in remaining superior, persuades the other animals by using intimidation and emotional appeals in order to keep control of the gullible animals.

“Animal Testing Is Bad Science.” Animal Rights, edited by Noah Berlatsky, Greenhaven Press, 2015. Current Controversies. Opposing Viewpoints In Context, http://link.galegroup.com/apps/doc/EJ3010954207/OVIC?u=scschools&sid=OVIC&xid=96434ce4. Accessed 25 Apr. 2018. Originally published as “Animal Testing Is Bad Science:

The undeniable greed Napoleon possesses can only be fulfilled by giving the other animals the illusion of bettering themselves by not questioning his logic: “Boxer, who had now had time to think things over, voiced the general feeling by saying, ‘If Comrade Napoleon says it, it must be right.’ And from then on he adopted the maxim, ‘Napoleon is always right,’ in addition to his private motto of ‘I will work harder’” (Orwell 60). Because Animal Farm’s audience predominantly consists of working class citizens, they begin to feel sympathy for Boxer since he cannot recognize Napoleon is exploiting him exclusively for his personal goal of becoming a puissant leader; therefore, animosity towards Napoleon develops in the audience. Considering the animals promptly welcome Napoleon’s promise of a better life, they work towards exhaustion, unknowingly fueling Napoleon’s greed: "All that year the animals worked like slaves. But they were happy in their work; they grudged no effort or sacrifice, well aware that everything that they did was for the benefit of themselves and those of their kind who would come after them, and not for a pack of idle, thieving human beings" (63). Although the animals working for Napoleon are unaware he is gradually becoming more human and willfully betraying his fellow animals for his own benefit, it is evident to the audience that Napoleon is corrupt. As Napoleon cunningly achieves power, his greed continues to grow, the same as a totalitarian leader’s:

Invitation: We invite you all to think about the different perspectives and to discuss your thoughts and views on this issue.

(Animal Laws) Even though England kicked off the idea of anti-cruelty with their laws in 1910, that made it necessary to take careful records of numbers of animals used for testing. Not only in the testing facilities but also in the the farm, laws were passed. Humane Methods of Slaughter Act required slaughter houses to stun animals before slaughtering. (Animal Testing) Despite the wide-spread thought that animal testing facilities are filled with cages and unethical methods, most if not all are now under strict rulings, that they are very cleanly. Almost hospital like. Dick Biancos a biomedical researcher invites high school students into his lab to see the just and sterile ways they animal test. To show them how a animal testing facility actually runs, not what they assume from stories. (Decline in Support of Using Animals).

Relevance: animals are people too and no one wants an animal to suffer for the wrong reasons

Bill Clinton once said, “The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of truth.” How did the tactics the pigs used towards the animals manipulate and prevent them from seeing the truth? The pigs tried to control the animals by appealing to their ethics, emotions, and logic by using rhetoric and propaganda. These tactics manipulated the animals to become easily deceived since they blindly listened to the pigs just because they were scared for Mr. Jones to come back. For instance, the animals had become so blindly manipulated, that they didn’t realize they were living in much worse or the same conditions after Mr. Jones left. The rhetorical tactics that the pigs used towards the animals instilled fear in many of the animals making it easier to manipulate them.

Animal testing has been a controversial topic for many generations throughout the world. People against animal testing say that animal testing is cruel and inhumane and

Specific Purpose – To persuade my audience that animal testing is wrong and how other safer alternatives should be taken.

This essay had a very good point and purpose. The writer wrote this essay for a reason in that case it had a point and purpose the writer wrote this to convince the reader to agree with him on trying to find a different way of doing medical research instead of using animals and he did a very good job. With the title itself, “The long fight against animal testing”, the writer was able to give the reader a clue about what the specific focus was going to be. The introduction is always the first impression the writer will give to the reader, so having a very good and interesting introduction is very important because you never get a second chance to make a first impression. In this essay the writer did an excellent job doing this. He started off

In the novella Animal Farm, the timeline of early 1900s Russia unfolds in an allegory, with revolutionists Vladimir Lenin and Karl Marx sparking a rebellion against Czar Nicholas II. Subsequently, a social democratic party known as the Bolsheviks overthrew the czar, aided by two significant leaders: Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin. Even so, the newfound ideology of communism that Stalin introduced and quickly corrupted through propaganda proved to be just as oppressive as the reign of Nicholas II. Most importantly, this corruption and oppression was elucidated by British author George Orwell through the use of rhetorical devices in the allegorical satire Animal Farm, where the audience receives a glimpse into the cunning caricature of

Specific evidence points that animal testing should not be allowed; however the debate is also on moral grounds. Several people, about 60% of the population, agree that animal testing should be banned because it is just wrong. To be born into the world on a concrete floor and be made to lead a life with no freedom is worse than having no life. They have no chance to stop the pain or torment, simply because they are “just animals.” Animal activists and everyday people believe that humans are voices for the animals. Therefore, animal testing is considered ethically wrong and people should act as the advocate for the animals.

I scan my keycard and walk through a set of double doors, past the examination rooms and a door labeled organic waste. I walk into a complex and intricate maze of dark hallways. The doors read canine testing, swine feeding lab and primate testing environment. Upon looking into the dark rooms; one can make out the cages that once held chimpanzees. The sole purpose of this area is animal experimentation. This area, one of the most secure on the campus, has a separate dock and security cameras at every turn. I have had the opportunity to work in the animal labs of one of the largest corporations in the world. This discourse is my argument on animal experimentation and why the state should allow animal testing for the sake of humanity but