Assignment 8

I was glad to find that many of my classmates had a variety of their understanding of "Lifelike." It definitely adds more controversy to class discussions that makes for better papers after hearing so many different takes on what others may have found. There were some who kept their same opinions as before reading the article, which is that taxidermy fills them with disgust. Then there were some students like me who expected the text to be weird once we discovered it would be about taxidermy, then after reading, recognized it as the profession that it is. After reading up on several perspectives, I will incorporate all of these ideas along with the "golden 6" that we use in class.

In my first essay, I made my audience generally specific meaning I was specific to my audience, yet it was pertinent to the human race in general because everyone finds something in someone else that they may not like whether they know the people or not. My essays are different from my class in that they are not cliche and start off with intro and conclusion templates. They are also always filled with emotion from my personal feeling after reading. With this type of essay, it is more controversial because yes everyone is judgmental at some point like in "Standing By" but with taxidermy, there are many animal lovers who simply can't relate to it no matter what. The role for my essay about "Lifelike" is to get animal lovers to think like those who are willing to compromise with the idea of taxidermy. Although taxidermy may not be widely accepted, there will still be taxidermist. It would be hypocritical to wish for respect of animals if you cannot even respect another human being by demeaning what they consider a profession.