Not liking their owner, the animals of Animal Farm attempt to revolt with the intention of setting up a perfect utopian society for them. With the help of two smart pigs, Snowball and Napoleon, the animals were able to defeat their enemy and take over Animal Farm. ... The story is told from the view of the lower classes of the animals, which tell what the conditions are like on Animal Farm. ... These two natures may be called "the instinct of civilization" and "the instinct of savagery," as one is devoted to values that promote ordered society and the other is devoted to values t...

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In bringing out his points, many questions can be raised on the restrictions religion puts on natural bodily instincts. ... "To call the taming of an animal its" improvement sounds almost like a joke to our ears."(p.38) As humans, we sometimes disregard the fact that we are animals because of our ability to think abstractly. However, a human is as much of an animal as a lion regardless of that advantage or disadvantage. ... Still, overwhelmingly, religion puts boundaries on such instincts in humans. ...

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Teaching a creature that uses their instinct to kill their prey or survive in nature tA bullhook is a tool used to "train" animals to perform the tricks that amuse the audience, but it is in reality used a torture instrument to punish the circus animals when they disobey or refuse to perform tricks. ... Circus was caught abusing an animal. ... If any animal is taken over their instinct and attacks an audience member or employee, it has to be executed by the Animal Law protocol (x). However, who is really to blame for the injury the animal causes: the animal who acts on instinct or th...

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Study on Animal Instinct Behavior- Fear The study conducted at the University of California entitled "Temporally Massed CS Presentations Generate More Fear Extinction Than Spaced Presentations", not only helped mice get passed their fears but also helped to better understand clinical behavioral therapy and how it helps treat anxiety disorders, phobias, panic disorder, post-traumatic-stress disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. ... For humans, someone who has been badly bitten by an animal has probably developed a fear of it. To extinguish this fear, that person should be presented wi...

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Also, people with private collections of animals, oftentimes do not know how to properly care for the animal, and risk hurting themselves, and the animal. ... A common misconception about zoos and wild animal parks, is that they are a place to learn about wild animals, and to see an animal in its most natural setting. ... They are used to being taken care of by humans, and therefore have not developed the natural hunting instinct. ... Lastly, you never understand the capabilities of any animal, let alone a wild animal. ... This is with all animals, not just wild animals. ...

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Animal in "To Build A Fire" In Jack London's "To Build A Fire," the different characteristics and natures of man and dog are evident. ... Perhaps the dog heard the fear in the man's voice that "frightened the animal, who had never known the man to speak in such a way before." ... The dog may not possess a sharp consciousness about the condition of cold and the amount of degrees below zero that the man may possess, but its instincts knew, instincts that were far more sharper than the man's. ... The dog is equipped with direct instincts for the outdoors and knows instantly w...

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When it comes to the subject of animal rights there is a never ending debate of what is morally right to do to animals and what actions towards those animals are justified. Are medical experiments on animals justified? ... The biggest difference in these situations with human and animals is that humans are constantly looking forward to tomorrow, our actions are not solely based on instinct and we can reason our thoughts and actions, which animals essentially cannot do. ... I am against unreasonable animal cruelty for pleasure, factory farms, corporate animal experiments, and the mistreatment ...

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In a world where over a hundred and fifty billion animals are killed yearly, one question remains: do animals have rights? ... Animals are typically seen as living organisms that act on instinct for survival. ... Animals survive by expressing emotions all the time. ... But animals can show many more emotions than just fear. ... This is another distinction between animals and humans, animals do not know how to reason as well as humans do. ...

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The humans just assumed Grendel was driven by animal instinct, and because of this, they shunned him. ... They all just acted based on hormones and instinct. ... The animals in the book, as usual, acted on instinct and this drove them throughout the day. ... The final thing that makes Grendel more human than animal is the fact that he kills out of anger and not instinct. ... Animals don"t hate, because they act on instinct and not thought. ...

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In Barbara Kingsolver's novel, Animal Dreams, each character's hopes, aspirations, and hardships are intricately woven throughout their lives and intertwined in their dreams. ... Each of these characters' dreams reflects their innate and cultural instincts. ... A wise and astute member of the community, Dona's reaction to the deteriorating situation at hand was based solely on instinct because "that's what the ladies [of Grace] do- (267;ch. 21). ...

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The one instinct that is ingrained in every living species is to reproduce. ... The Australian Squid shows just how intricate the process of attracting a mate can be in the animal Kingdom. ... A common method of attracting mates among mammals is by scents given off by the animal. ... Of course the main way to decide a male's dominance is by fighting and an animal that does this is the lion. ... The courtship of spiders is quite unique and unlike that of any other in the animal kingdom. ...

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Is evil something humans learn or is it some thing in our animal instinct we all have? ... This is a natural instinct in the Creation to help and to pay back people in thanks, yet another time of nature poking through. ... He becomes wicked and the animal instinct for revenge shows. ... Although the way you are brought up can change you a bit it doesn't change our deepest animal instincts. Instincts can be good and bad, evil is not something that can be easily learnt. ...

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"The most absurd animal exhibit I have ever seen was at a small zoo in Lop Buri, Thailand. ... De Waal seemingly asks the question that "if there really was a natural instinct in the animals of only the strong survive, wouldn't the mother dog kill the tiger cubs immediately, knowing that they would be a threat later on?" ... If the animals in the zoo never face any real threat, why would they perceive anything as game of survival? ... Society sometimes thinks of animals as beasts that just simply fallow instinct they receive at birth and humans are born without any instincts for selfishn...

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"The most absurd animal exhibit I have ever seen was at a small zoo in Lop Buri, Thailand. ... De Waal seemingly asks the question that "if there really was a natural instinct in the animals of only the strong survive, wouldn't the mother dog kill the tiger cubs immediately, knowing that they would be a threat later on?" ... If the animals in the zoo never face any real threat, why would they perceive anything as game of survival? ... Society sometimes thinks of animals as beasts that just simply fallow instinct they receive at birth and humans are born without any instincts for selfishn...

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Furthermore, these laws suppress our natural instincts. ... This "powerful instinct" is our innate impulse for destruction: "Besides the instinct to preserve living substance and to join it into ever larger units, there must another, contrary instinct seeking to dissolve those units and to bring them back to their primeval, inorganic state" (Freud 77). ... Freud traces all actions and instincts back to "sexual instinct" or what Freud refers to as libido and "aggressive instinct" (within the individual). ... Freud found that the difference between animals and humans with regards to work is q...

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In my opinion these exotic animals have the right to live free, not in a captive environment where they cannot roam and are unable to exhibit their natural instincts. ... State, local and federal laws vary by community and by animal regulate the sale and possession of exotic animals. ... The family had no experience with an exotic animal and did not know how to handle the bear's natural instincts. ... Given the life these animals are forced to endure, it is no surprise that they exhibit their natural instincts. ... The animals have the right to live free as well as humans do, not in a c...

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Without the presence of man, the animal would be helpless and would have to resort to its native instincts. ... Deriving from wolves, the animal's instincts are to fight for food, shelter and survival. ... The animal is pampered and well taken care of, even medical attention is given to the animal, much like any human being. ... The animal relies on man for all of its needs, both companionship and basic survival. ... Without the loyalty of man to his dog, the animal would be helpless. ...

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Condescension to animals that are pets and people's companions, which, normally, has too little to do with taking insightful care of them, represents, most probably, one of the best possible outcomes of human and animal relations. ... These discussions address the highly sensitive and challenging issues of hunting wild animals, breeding farm animals to be used as food, and carrying out experiments on animals. ... Great amounts of chickens and other farm animals should be killed every year to feed these pets. ... "It is estimated that a billion small animals a year fall victim to the ...

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He also tends to focus on the instincts of the dog that follows the man throughout the story. ... Another good example that London uses to focus on the instincts of the dog is when the animal does not approach the man. It is through instincts that the dog detects something in the man's voice that scares him, and in essence, the dog's instinct was right because the man had the intention to kill him. ... The animal does not have any knowledge to know whether the man is dead or not nor intelligence to know what to do, he simply runs to the camp through instinct. ... One of the major c...

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In our cosmopolitan world man is mature enough to discredit any comparison with animals. ... Animals do not have any curiosity or will to evolve. ... Aunts, birds and other animals have only the knowledge that enables them to survive. ... If one considers the human fears and instincts then one cannot blame humanity for its greed. ... Animals, deprived of any instinct of evolution have no sense of war. ...

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This, of course, is not to say that they have somehow domesticated or that they have lost their instincts. ... Animals being forced to mate in controlled environments, and not feed until completion, to produce strong breed animals cause serious problems between the animals. ... They only want to get the most exotic animals out of the animals then throw them away. ... Zoos now only care about making exotic animals and money off of these animals. ... Some animals are bred into captivity, from which a male animal and a female animal were forced to mate in controlled environments to make the child...

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In order to recognize this theory, one must be willing to accept that at the very nature of mankind, is a type of carnal instinct - a bestial component that forces out man's desire for reason, compassion, and affection. ... However, as Scully, the owner of the hotel, escorts the guests into his establishment for the evening, the author's implementation of animal imagery quickly changes from serene to chilling. ... - the room is immediately transformed into a battle ring, and the men into savage animals, fighting for survival and spurred by the blinding fury of masculine pride (339...

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The Id represent our lowest instincts, our primary desires, dissatisfaction of hunger, rest, love, and all primary needs of a human being. ... We seek someone that represents our ideals, our ego-ideal and the super-ego is represented in the text as the internalized prohibitions of the parents, all kind of authority figures and so, we repress our instincts, our animal instincts that the super-ego tells us to hide. Freud often makes references to repression as being the main vehicle of society, humans are not animals, and so, we do not have to behave as animals, we have to look beyond. ... The...

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Animal Farm, written in 1944, is a book that tells the animal fable of a farm in which the farm animals revolt against their human masters. ... He is shown as a negligent drunk, who constantly starved his animals. ... (King, 8) Orwell shows us how, "if only animals became aware of their strength, we should have no power over them, and that men exploit animals in much the same way as the rich exploit the proletariat."... They seem to be saying, that even when we begin with honourable intentions, there will be some of us who will let their base instincts take control. Orwell, in Animal Farm port...

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Animal behaviors are either instinctive or learned. ... Human behaviors are learned rather than instinctive, but adaptive success comes at a cost, instincts make organisms "puppets" of their environment. ... In higher-order species like mammals we find fewer instincts and, greater behavioral flexibility and environmental adaptability. ... Humans have the fewest instincts, we have differing genetic tendencies and capacities to respond to our surroundings. ...

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