Assignment 8 Cameron Bazan

Assignment 8

 I found some things very interesting in my peers writing; One of my peers  brought up something about subtle persuasions on Orleans part. It makes sense because Orlean does not just shove her purpose in your face she allows you to go either way with or against taxidermy. I think the writer where able because he looked past the subject of taxidermy and looked how it was formatted and seen that there wasn’t really a full fledge purpose statement.

I found my writing different because I focused more on the Quotes and where they were paced in Orleans article. The next time I write an essay I am going to proceed with the steps I take and look at the subject itself and then i would like to look at the format and see why the writer choose to write like this.

The audience for my essay is defiantly one that’s NOT against taxidermy. I have no problem with taxidermy and it shows in my essay. I would also like to expand my audience by making my essay less one sided which would allow me create a better overall essay. My tone is intrigued because I was interested in the facts that Orlean brought up in her Article. I believe my essay is set apart because I focused on why Orlean choose her quotes and where they are placed in her article; also how do they go along with her purpose and does it help or hurt purpose statement.

Assignment 7 Cameron Bazan

Assignment 7

Why does Orlean use quotes from the taxidermist that are not clear and concise?

Why does she bring up the specific example that makes taxidermy look negative if she is amazed by it?

 

In the story life like orlean uses quotes that make the reader rethink whether they know what her purpose for writing the essay or not. For example “I love deer one of the champions in the whitetail division said to me there my babies”. So there is two ways there are two ways you can interpret this; this champion is crazy and obsessed with deer, or that she has great respect for the deer and admires them. The first way would make you look at taxidermy in a weird way showing that the taxidermist themselves are weird and messed up. But on the other hand it could show that the taxidermist is normal people that are just enjoying their job or hobby. Why Orlean did this makes me wonder because after reading all the text makes you think she enjoys the art form of taxidermy. So why would she go and ruin her purpose by putting in a controversial quote like that.

Another that is hazy is when someone ask for a fetal cow. Some people could find this very weird and offensive. Many people believe that a animal should be buried after death just as a human should be. But Olrean would have brought this to everyone attention to show people what a fetal cow would look like; without having taxidermy nobody would now what a  fetal cow would look like this is also a very good scientific tool it always scientist to look at animals that will last forever.

Orlean made was the quotes that she put into the Article. Some go very well with the subject at hand and show good support to what she is trying; but other quotes could be controversial and made me question why she put this into her article all together. A good example of this kind of quotes is “I love deer one of the champions of the whitetail division said to me there my babies”. This quote could be look at as taxidermist are very loving and caring for the animals and this is just another way to preserve them and show respect for the animal itself dead or alive. But it could be look at on a whole different perspective that they are just plain weird and unusual people that are in taxidermy because it satisfies there weirdness.

Assignment 6 choices Cameron Bazan

Assignment 6: Choices

The First choice that Orlean made was how she made the Article itself, she centered it around what she seen when she walked through the taxidermy expo.  She went and interviewed many taxidermists to show that she has good ethos and is not just giving her opinion on taxidermy. Also she gave her perspective on the details of taxidermy and what is behind it. I think she did this to show people what goes into making a taxidermy animal.

Another choice that Orlean made was the quotes that she put into the Article. Some go very well with the subject at hand and show good support to what she is trying; but other quotes could be controversial and made me question why she put this into her article all together. A good example of this kind of quotes is “I love deer one of the champions of the whitetail division said to me there my babies”. This quote could be look at as taxidermist are very loving and caring for the animals and this is just another way to preserve them and show respect for the animal itself dead or alive. But it could be look at on a whole different perspective that they are just plain weird and unusual people that are in taxidermy because it satisfies there weirdness.

Another choice that Orlean made was when she decided to create very descriptive paragraphs that show taxidermy. This could take away from her purpose of showing that taxidermy is not as bad as people make it look. She gives example like “ I knew a fellow with cattle, and I told him, if you ever have a stillborn, id really like to have it I thought it would make a really nice mount” Some readers could take this as an offense to animals. I believe that Orlean going into detail did not assist her in backing up her purpose for writing this article

Orleans choice in putting the history of taxidermy into her article gave her good support. It made readers acknowledge that is has been happening for years it’s something knew that some weird people just put together. Also is could be seen as a tradition and passed from generation to generation and most people could respect keeping traditions going to respect their past. It also showed that taxidermy is a growing subject and its only growing because that respect that the taxidermist show for their fellow peers and the Animals they are mounting.

Assignment 6 Cameron Bazan

Assignment 6

 Orleans main tone in her article “life like” could be surprised. You can find this by reading it seeing all the spots where she was astounded or taken back by a certain thing she found out about taxidermy. For example “That there is a taxidermy championship at all is something of astonishment, not only to the people in the world who have no use for a Dan-D-Noser and Soft Touch Duck Degreaser but also to taxidermist themselves. Orlean sometimes loses her ethos when she puts in controversial quotes that could be judge in two completely different perspectives. For example when she talks about the lady that says she loves dear this could be looked as that taxidermist are weird and unusual people or that they have a lot of respect for the Animals.

I believe that in Orlean world she did not know what taxidermy is and she presumed that a lot of her readers had no idea what taxidermy was or if they knew what it was they know very little about it. She defiantly wanted to reach out to her readers and show them what taxidermy is and how it’s not as bad as it they may think it is.

Orlean wrote this in an article form because she is a journalist so maybe this is her most convincing medium for getting her purpose out on a subject. I believe this genre could help her get her purpose out because articles are very usually short and they get the message across quickly and efficiently. This would allow readers to make quick work of her article and allow them to understand it better.

Assignment 5 Cameron Bazan

Assignment 5

 I believe that Susan Orlean composed this article to create awareness of what taxidermy actually is and to shed light to the stereo typical thoughts of taxidermy.

Orlean would have hoped her readers would feel like taxidermy is a natural art not mean and cruel like some believe, and that the taxidermist themselves would not be looked at as weird and cruel as well. You can see this in some of the quotes for example “I love deer one of the champions in the whitetail division said to me there my babies”. This quote is very controversial but I believe that Orlean was leaning towards the side the taxidermist respect for the animals.

While I was reading Life Like I felt like it was an interesting paper kind of had me puzzled in some part. I personally knew what taxidermy is and I do not find it weird at all I find normal and respectful for the animals. I think Orlean wanted me to feel like that, she wanted me to find out new stuff on taxidermy and to show different perspective on how people are only trying to respect the animals.