Unusual Animal Friendships

For example, in Goodall’s story, “Life with Chimpanzees” the chimpanzees help one another by taking bugs out of their hair and cleaning each other. Humans will help each too, but not in the exact same way. This shows how humans and animals share characteristics, like helping each other. Another example is in Turner’s story “Hachiko” the little girl Kentaro is afraid of the trains, but when she see’s Hachiko she forgets them. The same way us humans can make somebody else forget about their fears if we are nice and stay by them, like Hachiko did to Kentaro.

Ever since the Earth was formed, animals and humans co-existed. Animals were the first fellow friends to humans helping them over decades of centuries. Be it closer to the equator or towards the poles, they helped each other to live in cordial relationship. They share similar qualities despite the fact that they belong to different species. This friendly relationship has helped Earth a better place to live.

Over the course of history, humans have classified various animals from companions, playmates we will love until the end of the world; to nourishment, meat we look forward to for our next meal. Be that as it may, how ever did we reconcile theses ways of loving some animals while eating or hating others? In Hal Herzog excerpt, “Animals Like Us”, using anecdotal stories Herzog tackles the reasoning behind our contradicting relationships and behaviors regarding this 'trouble middle' for different animals. In order to resolve the murkiness of the trouble middle we must reshape our ethics on why we treat certain animals differently by eliminating our misconceptions of each animal and understanding that every animal should be treated equally.

Human beings are considered to be the greatest creations that were given knowledge, skills and power to rule over the entire planet. However, at the same time, their relationship with other animals and its implications in human civilization cannot be denied. Historically, it is proven that for thousands of years, human beings have developed close contact with animals who were their means of living and at the same time often, great companions. Considering the great significance of animals in the lives of human beings, often their relationships were portrayed in literature by authors. It was meant to help the global community to have a clear understanding of the impact that animals have in the lives of human beings which is very much significant.

The bonds and relationships that develop between humans and animals are much like human to human. This relation is prevalent in the novel The Mouse and the Motorcycle. In the story, a relationship between Ralph, a mouse, and Keith, a boy, develops. The two entities strike an impressive friendship that resembles that of two human best friends that have known each other for years.

The poem then ends off with the idea that all animals should be regarded as companions, as they have their own feelings as

Probably one of the most important uses of animal imagery in the book comes early on, when McMurphy describes the group sessions as a “pecking party”. McMurphy explains a pecking party to Acutes as:

This can be linked to The Hunchback in the Park, where several pieces of evidence of animal imagery which have the same effect can be found. Examples of this include ‘Like the park birds he came early’ and ‘Through the loud zoo of the willow groves’. In addition, animals only communicate very basically, without the complexity that humans do. By referring to the two characters as animals in the poems, both poets exemplify how isolated the characters are from a normal society.

When focusing on the Mother in, We the Animals, you can see the abusive relationship she has with her husband, her damaged bond with her Sons, and what her demeanor is like throughout the novel. Justin Torres utilizes many animal metaphors when physically describing the Mother and also uses them to show her mental state at times. The act of comparing different animals and their behaviors to the Mother and her behavior, reveals her vulnerability and frail features she possesses as a young mother.

Many dictionaries define animals as living things other than human beings or plants. However, in some dictionaries, there is another definition for animal, which shows how they distinguish animal and human: a live thing which behaves in a wild, aggressive, or unpleasant way. In Maurice Sendak’s Where the Wild Things Are, the behavior of Max, the protagonist of the story, challenges the boundary line between the animal and human. The way human and animal live their life and convey their love severalizes human and animal.

Have you ever read a Chinese Zodiac Story? I’ve read two now. I am going to compare and contrast both stories. The first story is called “Cat and Rat legend of the Chinese Zodiac.” The second story we read is “How cats and Mice became Friends.”

In human and animal nature, many similarities are portrayed in Life of Pi as well as a strong relation between the two. In contrast, humans and animals share the same sort of lifestyle, just living a different life according to Pi’s thoughts. In a tragic situation that one is in, such as Pi they must find a way to pass time and keep themselves busy by using their circumstances,

"Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." — Anatole France. Do humans feel as close to their friends as they are as close to their pets? In the poems "A Blessing", by James Wright and "Predators", by Linda Hogan, there are many similarities and differences in the way people and animals are presented.

The Narrator Thinks animals are better than humans(Poe, Edgar Allen). He owns many animals. There's a certain animal he his very fond of. This helps his psychopathic tendencies with the Narrator wanting to be around his pets more than interacting with friends.

Also like Bea the giraffe and Wilma the ostrich. They both have a lot of land to walk around but they are always together. Bea cleans Wilma with her long tongue an Wilma likes to cuddle close to her side. I know this because in the second passage Unusual Animal Friendships it says , " Bea likes to clean Wilma with her long tongue and Wilma likes to cuddle close to her friend.