Ruled by the Emotions
Once we start loving someone, we never treat them the same as others. Along with other people, we can also get strong feelings towards animals. In the article “Let Them Eat Dog,” Jonathan Safran Foer provides a critical point of view on the contemporary taboo about eating dog. On the other hand, comedian Rob Delaney gives us an insight to struggles of various kinds of addicts in his essay “Drugs Will Kill Your Friends.” Writing about controversial themes by using the controversial language, they grab the reader’s attention, but also make us realize how emotions usually have a greater say in the matter than reason. Most people won’t treat a drug user the same if that is someone from their own family, and they won’t …show more content…
A lot of people even start considering their dogs as their family members. Therefore, they get terrified when it comes to discussing dog eating. Other animals that people eat every day have the similar feelings and intelligence as dogs. Jonathan Safran Foer’s article explains why this represents such a sensitive subject to many people. On the other hand, he also provides a lot of reasonable arguments why eating dog “isn’t in any way bad for us.” However, most of the readers of this article will feel uncomfortable reading it, just because most people are emotional when it comes to this matter, rather than rational. Food in general is not about being rational. Cultural beliefs and values dictate what we consume and consider …show more content…
They are not our family members, so the reason why we are emotionally connected to them is because we value their personalities. In his essay “Drugs Will Kill Your Friends,” Rob Delaney talks about three young people killed by their addictions. What makes them different to him from other addicts, is that they were his friends. Each of them was also talented, kind or educated. Delaney even feels their presence remembering moments he got to spend with them: “I really feel them in me, sort of seated in my heart and along for the ride.” He wants to warn young people about the dangers of drug and alcohol usage and make us realize the sadness of young people dying from the addiction. He succeeds in that by using the emotions he had for them because they were his friends. This denies the logic–in fact, he should avoid these
Once we start loving someone, we never treat them the same as others. Along with other people, we can also get strong feelings towards animals. In the article “Let Them Eat Dog,” Jonathan Safran Foer provides a critical point of view on the contemporary taboo about eating dog. On the other hand, comedian Rob Delaney gives us an insight to struggles of various kinds of addicts in his essay “Drugs Will Kill Your Friends.” Writing about controversial themes by using the controversial language, they grab the reader’s attention, but also make us realize how emotions usually have a greater say in the matter than reason. Most people won’t treat a drug user the same if that is someone from their own family, and they won’t …show more content…
A lot of people even start considering their dogs as their family members. Therefore, they get terrified when it comes to discussing dog eating. Other animals that people eat every day have the similar feelings and intelligence as dogs. Jonathan Safran Foer’s article explains why this represents such a sensitive subject to many people. On the other hand, he also provides a lot of reasonable arguments why eating dog “isn’t in any way bad for us.” However, most of the readers of this article will feel uncomfortable reading it, just because most people are emotional when it comes to this matter, rather than rational. Food in general is not about being rational. Cultural beliefs and values dictate what we consume and consider …show more content…
They are not our family members, so the reason why we are emotionally connected to them is because we value their personalities. In his essay “Drugs Will Kill Your Friends,” Rob Delaney talks about three young people killed by their addictions. What makes them different to him from other addicts, is that they were his friends. Each of them was also talented, kind or educated. Delaney even feels their presence remembering moments he got to spend with them: “I really feel them in me, sort of seated in my heart and along for the ride.” He wants to warn young people about the dangers of drug and alcohol usage and make us realize the sadness of young people dying from the addiction. He succeeds in that by using the emotions he had for them because they were his friends. This denies the logic–in fact, he should avoid these