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.