Rhetorical Analysis Of Harambe The Gorilla Dies, Meat-Eating

Man or Beast? Your Decision: A Rhetorical Analysis of “Harambe the gorilla dies, meat-eaters grieve” Captured and placed in confinement to be, as Peter Singer and Karen Dawn would say, “gawked at,” is the unfortunate tale of many animals (Singer & Dawn, 2016, para. 8). The article, “Harambe the gorilla dies, meat-eaters grieve,” written by Peter Singer and Karen Dawn was published in the Los Angeles Times on June 5, 2016. Even though many have stated, “It’s a gorilla; get over it,” the article described the overwhelming amount of support and sadness for the gorilla (Singer & Dawn, 2016, para. 3). While many animals have lost their lives at the hands of humans, Harambe was the most recent zoo animal to be publicly and forcefully killed. This fact, the public’s reaction, and the confusion created by those who are furious …show more content…

To effectively do this and convince readers that re-evaluation of attitudes toward the captivity and pointless deaths of animals needs to occur, the authors effectively utilized ethos, pathos, and logos. This article, as previously stated, described the issue of hunting, capturing, and the killing of animals. It was written by Peter Singer and Karen Dawn, both of whom are animal activists and published authors of books about the way in which we treat animals. With 6,000 species in over 10,000 zoos, the capturing of animals for humans to observe has become an enormous industry (Fravel, 2003). Recently, Harambe, an endangered silverback gorilla, was shot and killed when a 4-year-old fell into his gorilla pit. Although this incident occurred relatively recently, it fueled the already growing debate centered around animal captivity and senseless killings. The