Admiration

Throughout the ages people have always felt a strong connection with animals. Humans have encountered wild animals since they first walked the earth, and before the B. C. era ended, humans had already domesticated their first animals. Not only are animals mans best friend and companion, we admire them for qualities they have.

            Humans can admire animals when admiration to justify the jealousy they feel towards animals. Animals are often described as free, giving them the power people feel they lack themselves: choosing their own paths or not having anyone to tell them what to do.  In contrast to admiring animals in a form of jealousy, some people admire people for their pure beauty. The same society people live in has not distorted animals; they are pure compared to people.

            Hoagland and Woolf both choose to talk about one animal in each of their essays. Hoagland admires turtles for being the complete package of all animals. He thinks they have al of the best qualities of other animals combined into one. Woolf admires the simplicity of a moth’s life. After struggling, a moth ultimately accepts its fate, its death. Nothing is over complicated in the moth’s life.

            An animal that I admire is a bird. The reason I admire the bird is because the bird has the potential to fly wherever it chooses, but it may also choose to stay in the same place. I admire the bird because out of all of the animals, I feel the bird has the most opinion, choice, and chance.

Thursday 10-9-14 11:10