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.